The Boston Celtics They had no mercy that Wednesday for the Brooklyn Networks, destroying the visitors 139-96, in the last quarter the locals had a 49-point lead.
Celtics coach Joe Mazulla didn’t have to consider any of his starters in the last quarter. Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown added 31 and 26 points respectively.
Between the two, they completed impressive shooting statistics of 14 three-pointers in 24 attempts.
Boston, 37-15 on the season, has played three overtimes in its last six games and didn’t seem to want to take similar physical damage again. In the absence of Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons and TJ Warren at Brooklyn, 31-20 this season, the Celtics set a very intense pace from the opening jump.
Then Boston crushed the Nets in an unforgiving first quarter, 46-16, ending with 57.6% on field goals and 48.1% on triples; Add to that ten straight wins against the New Yorkers, including an impressive 4-0 win in the first round of the last playoffs.
The start of the game was an authentic display of offensive means to receive Brooklyn Jardim. The convincing 14-3 first set in just three minutes felt like the typical ignorant start that many teams suffer from.
But after Jacques Vaughn’s requested downtime, things only got worse for the Nets. The lead grew to an impressive +31, 44-13 in the first quarter with two minutes remaining.
The triples fell mercilessly into the hands of the hosts: up to eight clean perimeter baskets with Tatum, 4 of 6, and Brown, 3 of 4, as references.
The two Boston stars finished the first quarter with 18 points to Tatum and 12 to Brown.
The only one the Nets defended was a Lonesome Kyrie Irving who managed to score 7 points and provide 2 assists.
With Irving out and Boston in the second set, the Celtics didn’t give up and finished the first quarter with a huge 46-16 lead.
With such an advantage over the Nets, Boston was able to play every offense with intelligence, slowness, and patience, without neglecting defense.
The Nets’ “success” in the second half must be 22 points behind the rival. Joe Harris, with 3 of 4 on triples, was instrumental in reactivating his team.
The other helper for the Nets was Camera Thomass, who left highly motivated and scored 10 clean runs in less than three minutes.
The Celtics certainly won the second quarter as well, but that allowed Brooklyn to show some guns. At halftime, the player showed a very comfortable score of 79 to 45 for the locals, which was his highest result in the first half of the season.
Vaughn’s men parted ways, abandoning their ambitions for the next game. The Celtics dominated on all collective stats, from the rebound, 62-35, and continue with other numbers that reflect the distance between the two teams: second chances, grab points, quick transitions…
Boston continued to hit triples on the restart like someone who takes a free throw: in the last remaining period, that was already 20 of 37 attempts, while the Nets were only 8 of 32.
A triple on tatum’s horn At the end of the third period, he recorded a new high of +38 at 110-72.
Both teams declared the game over and the entire last quarter was played with substitutions and less regular men.
The score difference reached 49 points at 127 to 78 with six minutes remaining.
Off the field, the contrast between the laughter and banter from the Celtics bench and the towels draped over the Nets’ heads was stark, though some of them hurried to the locker room to escape the lively atmosphere of the Garden.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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