Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Celtics was a tough one for the Brooklyn Nets, as neither Kevin Durant nor Ben Simmons were on the floor. The other members of the team might as well have been offside.
Boston blew out Brooklyn 139-96 at TD Garden, with Jayson Tatum scoring 31 points and grabbing nine rebounds to lead the way.
WHAT A START IN BOSTON.
☘️ Tatum: 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4/4 3pm
☘️ Brown: 12 PTS, 3 3pm
☘️ Celtics: 70% FG, 8/9 3pmCeltics lead 41-13 on ESPN. pic.twitter.com/VxufBZexfv
— NBA (@NBA) February 2, 2023
To go along with Kyrie Irving’s 20 points to lead the scoreless Nets, Jaylen Brown scored 26. Conor Ryan responded in a tweet, which we’ve included below:
“Kyrie Sucks!” chants at TD Garden as the Celtics defeated the Nets, 139-96. pic.twitter.com/y4xcdixmnW
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) February 2, 2023
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With only 23.1 percent shooting from outside the arc, the Nets’ attempts in this game would have been lucky enough to make contact with a medicine ball (9-of-39). They also lost heavily on the boards, 57-32.
Jayson Tatum (18 PTS) single-handedly defeated the entire Nets team in the 1Q 😳 pic.twitter.com/j42RNGnmtO
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 2, 2023
The #Celtic30 points ahead in the first quarter over the #Nets is the biggest first-quarter kiss in team history. And that’s a lot of history.
— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) February 2, 2023
Brooklyn’s performance has been widely criticized. But that’s where the NBA Twitter comes in, so we’ll let them run with it. If you’re looking for more humorous tweets, you can find them further down the page.
The Celtics tonight:
– 46 points 1st quarter
– 139 total PTS
– 10 consecutive wins against the Nets
– Beat the 4 seed with 46 PTSTheir top 2 players didn’t even play in the 4th quarter. pic.twitter.com/LF3yj8Fklz
— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 2, 2023
There are blowout victories and there’s whatever level of embarrassment that was just in the yard. #Celtic humiliated the Nets from the opening tip. beating 139-96 for the NBA leaders.
— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) February 2, 2023
The Celtics when they play the Warriors against the Celtics when they play the Nets pic.twitter.com/39m0FEHgO
— َ (@FeelLikeDrew) February 2, 2023
The Nets lost to the Celtics by 43 points. pic.twitter.com/IcoTz4FqYO
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) February 2, 2023
The Celtics’ current winning streak stands at 14 games, while the Nets’ current losing streak stands at seven games. This decline in performance perfectly matches Durant’s absence due to his knee injury. As a result, Brooklyn is now fifth in the Eastern Conference with a 31-20 record, while Boston is 2.5 games ahead of Philadelphia in the standings at 37-15.
Currently, they are two separate groups with opposing goals. Regaining Durant and, to a lesser extent, Simmons will be beneficial. Even going back to last year, the Celtics have been able to beat the Nets consistently. Nevertheless, it hasn’t been clearer than Wednesday night. There have been outbursts, and then there was that.
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