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Thomas: ‘We don’t like them and they don’t like us’

Kelly Olynyk couldn’t see Kelly Oubre Jr. coming at him.

Referee Monty McCutchen was standing in front of him, blocking his view as Oubre rose from the floor and bull-rushed him. Olynyk wasn’t on the lookout, either, because it hadn’t occurred to him that a hard-set pick would be reason enough for Oubre to take a run at him.

“I set a screen,” was all Olynyk could say to explain what had happened.

Welcome to Celtics-Wizards, where a screen is reason enough for a brawl, like the one that broke out after Oubre momentarily lost his mind Wednesday evening.