After getting bullied on the glass against Atlanta, Boston got back to winning ways against the Nets.<\/p>\n
After a humbling defeat against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics (10-3) rebounded against the Brooklyn Nets (5-7) with a 139-114 win. On Tuesday, the Celtics were dominated on the offensive glass 20-6. On Wednesday, the Nets only had three offensive boards which is always a recipe for success.<\/p>\n
The stars showed out for Boston. Tatum finished with one rebounds shy of a triple double (36 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds), while Brown had 24 points, 12 rebounds, and four assists.<\/p>\n
The Celtics started missing their first five shots giving the Nets an early 7-2 lead with Jaylen Brown scoring the points from the free throw line.<\/p>\n
Boston finally got their first basket of the game from a Brown corner three off of a Tatum assist.<\/p>\n
Al Horford didn\u2019t play since he doesn\u2019t play back-to-backs which gave Neemias Queta the start. It wasn\u2019t the best start for the Portugal native as he picked up two quick fouls and had to be subbed out in the first three games.<\/p>\n
The Celtics after a 20 turnover game against Atlanta tried to beat that total with three turnovers. The Nets drew a charge and on the next possession, Dennis Schr\u00f6der drilled a three to make it 14-5 with 8:20 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Everyone knows Boston wants to shoot threes and when they don\u2019t fall, the offense can sometimes look bleak. The Celtics opened the game shooting 1-for-7 from behind the arc and trailed Brooklyn 19-8 before Joe Mazzulla called a timeout with 5:54 remaining.<\/p>\n
Despite the timeout, the Nets continued to outhustle and outwork the Celtics. Pritchard drilled a three and was fouled to cut the lead to 10 (26-16) before the free throw.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just Queta who was in foul trouble as Derrick White was called for a questionable foul call which was his third of the game.<\/p>\n
Tatum got hot late in the quarter scoring the team\u2019s final three baskets to cut the lead to two points. Tatum finished the quarter with 13 points and helped Boston to get into striking distance trailing Brooklyn by two 32-34.<\/p>\n
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