After a humbling defeat towards the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night time, the Boston Celtics (10-3) rebounded towards the Brooklyn Nets (5-7) with a 139-114 win. On Tuesday, the Celtics had been dominated on the offensive glass 20-6. On Wednesday, the Nets solely had three offensive boards which is at all times a recipe for achievement.
The celebs confirmed out for Boston. Tatum completed with one rebounds shy of a triple double (36 factors, 10 assists, 9 rebounds), whereas Brown had 24 factors, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists.
The Celtics began lacking their first 5 photographs giving the Nets an early 7-2 lead with Jaylen Brown scoring the factors from the free throw line.
Boston lastly acquired their first basket of the sport from a Brown nook three off of a Tatum help.
Al Horford didn’t play since he doesn’t play back-to-backs which gave Neemias Queta the beginning. It wasn’t the most effective begin for the Portugal native as he picked up two fast fouls and needed to be subbed out within the first three video games.
The Celtics after a 20 turnover recreation towards Atlanta tried to beat that whole with three turnovers. The Nets drew a cost and on the subsequent possession, Dennis Schröder drilled a 3 to make it 14-5 with 8:20 left within the first quarter.
Everybody is aware of Boston needs to shoot threes and once they don’t fall, the offense can typically look bleak. The Celtics opened the sport capturing 1-for-7 from behind the arc and trailed Brooklyn 19-8 earlier than Joe Mazzulla referred to as a timeout with 5:54 remaining.
Regardless of the timeout, the Nets continued to outhustle and outwork the Celtics. Pritchard drilled a 3 and was fouled to chop the result in 10 (26-16) earlier than the free throw.
It wasn’t simply Queta who was in foul bother as Derrick White was referred to as for a questionable foul name which was his third of the sport.
Tatum acquired scorching late within the quarter scoring the crew’s ultimate three baskets to chop the result in two factors. Tatum completed the quarter with 13 factors and helped Boston to get into placing distance trailing Brooklyn by two 32-34.
Ziaire Williams led the Nets with 11 first-quarter factors.
Boston completed the quarter capturing 50% from the sphere and 38.5% from deep whereas the Nets 56.5% and 50% respectively.
Hauser gave Boston the lead with a nook three (37-36) two minutes into the second quarter. Hauser got here out of the gates on hearth hitting three threes.
Queta picked up his third foul with 8:59 to go within the quarters the large man tried to pressure a bounce ball, however as a substitute he picked up the foul. Jaylen Brown was shortly hit with a technical foul which Brooklyn transformed to return up by two factors.
Each time Boston seemed like they acquired management of the sport, the Nets would go on a roll of their very own. Joe Mazzulla took one other timeout with 7:43 remaining after Cam Thomas drilled back-to-back threes to make it 45-39.
After the timeout, Jaylen Brown got here out tremendous aggressive attacking the rim. He drew an and-1 and on the subsequent drive he missed the layup however Kornet saved the ball alive to Jrue Vacation who discovered Payton Pritchard who drilled a three-pointer.
With 2:32 left within the half, Mazzulla determined to maintain White on the bench after selecting up his third foul within the first quarter.
Though tied at 58, it appears as if the Celtics needed to earn each level, nothing got here simple towards this scrappy crew.
The Celtics went on a 7-2 run to finish the half and take a 65-60 lead into the break.
Jaylen Brown completed the quarter with 19 factors to guide all scorers. Pritchard gave Boston a spark with Derrick White out and Kornet made hustle performs. It was a bit stunning that Xavier Tillman didn’t get on the courtroom contemplating Queta’s foul troubles and Brooklyn’s massive males had been getting the higher of Boston.
The defensive depth for Boston went up a number of notches as they began the quarter on a 15-3 run highlighted by two threes from Jayson Tatum. After solely taking part in 5 minutes within the first half, Derrick White related on a three-pointer through the run and Jaylen Brown acquired a steal and rating to maintain the momentum.
The refs referred to as Derrick White for his fourth foul when he tried to dam Ziaire Williams on the rim. Mazzulla referred to as a timeout and challenged the play. It was a profitable problem and a tremendous block from the most effective shot-blocking guard within the league.
Brian Scalabrine is fired up since Joe Mazzulla goes to problem the foul referred to as on this Derrick White block. Scal’s favourite factor in the entire universe is the GREEN LIGHT SPECIAL! pic.twitter.com/ei7iSFjXWw
— Danielle Hobeika (@DanielleHobeika) November 14, 2024
On the subsequent possession, White acquired the help for a Vacation three making it a 15-point recreation, 85-70 with seven minutes remaining within the third.
Mazzulla should have ripped Boston within the locker room as a result of they seemed again to their regular selves within the second half. Together with a no-look alley-oop go from Tatum to Queta to make it 90-74. The help was Tatum’s seventh of the night time.
Tatum was cooking all night time however within the third quarter, he turned up the warmth once more. Tatum scored 15 factors within the quarter for 31 whole factors after three quarters.
Hauser wanted to step up with White in early foul bother and he knocked down 4 of his first 9 threes.
Boston outscored Brooklyn 38-29 within the third, to guide going into the fourth quarter main 103-89.
Regardless of the Celtics taking full management of the sport within the third, Brooklyn didn’t quit which is a testomony to how they began the season. Nevertheless, towards a crew just like the Celtics the expertise finally overwhelms different groups (simply not Atlanta….) and Boston began to cruise in direction of the tip of the fourth.
Payton Pritchard did all of it on each ends of the courtroom. On protection, he pressured a plethora of turnovers and on offense, he was in his bag. Whether or not it was from behind the arc or within the paint, Pritchard couldn’t be stopped offensively.
Boston grew its result in 28, 129-101 with simply over 3:30 left within the recreation.
Regardless of the Nets making 19 three-pointers, it wasn’t sufficient to beat Boston.
Boston will host the Toronto Raptors on Saturday at 8 p.m.
