![]() During the break, Marcus Smart, who injured his left thumb minutes earlier while diving on the floor after a loose ball, could be seen grimacing as trainers attended to him on the bench. The lead increased to 45-31 in the second, prompting another Celtics timeout. Bruce Brown had all nine points, part of a 12-point quarter that helped put Brooklyn in front 33-24. The Nets jumped out to a 9-0 lead, which led to a quick Boston timeout. The barrage of boos fans aimed at Irving did little to rattle Brooklyn early. “I just think our physicality took a step down in the second half.” “We just weren’t scoring at the other end,” he said. ![]() “We had opportunities, we didn’t convert.”īruce Brown said the Celtics overwhelmed them defensively. We also didn’t convert,” Nets coach Steve Nash said. “I think our intensity dropped a little bit in the second half. The Nets went almost three minutes without a basket during the stretch. It was part of 23-4 run that grew the Celtics’ lead to 108-96. The Celtics tied it up again at 92 early in the fourth on a leaner by Jaylen Brown and took their first lead of the game with 7:48 left on a jumper by Pritchard. The Nets were able to settle in and took a 90-85 edge to the final period. The boos returned whenever he got his hands on the ball.īoston trailed the entire first half but finally caught up to tie it at 79 on a short jumper by Theis. The volume ratcheted up after tipoff with the addition of “Kyrie sucks! Kyrie sucks!” chants on each of Brooklyn’s first two possessions. The TD Garden faithful peppered Irving with boos throughout, beginning with the pregame introductions. “We want to make him work defensively and offensively have bodies on him the whole time and try to wear him down.” This is part of playoff basketball.”Ĭoach Ime Udoka said the approach to Durant has been to get into his air space as much as possible. “We don’t really have time to be disappointed, to hold our heads. “They took the lead and they never looked back in that fourth quarter,” Irving said. Bruce Brown finished with 23 points and Seth Curry added 16. “It’s on me to figure it out.”ĭurant and Irving were limited to a combined 1 for 17 in the second half. “They’re doing a good job trying to cut off my scoring, limit my shot making,” Durant said. The series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3 on Saturday night. Irving had just 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting a day after being fined $50,000 for directing obscene gestures and profane language at Celtics fans during Game 1. Proud of the guys and how we kept responding all game.”ĭurant finished with 27 points but struggled from the field for the second straight game, shooting 4 of 17. Al Horford had 16 points, Daniel Theis scored 15 and Payton Pritchard had eight of his 10 in the final period. Jayson Tatum added 19 points for Boston, which held Durant without a basket in the second half. Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics rallied from 17 points down to beat Brooklyn 114-107 on Wednesday night and take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. It was Boston’s defense that kept him – and Kevin Durant – off balance in Game 2. Celtics rally in 2nd half, beat Nets 114-107 for 2-0 leadīOSTON - Celtics fans got under Kyrie Irving’s skin in the opening game of their first-round matchup with the Nets.
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