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Nets let only thing that can beat them happen in Friday's loss to Celtics

Top to bottom, the Brooklyn Nets are a better team than the Boston Celtics. That's undisputable. Better star power, better supporting cast, and a better chance of winning the Eastern Conference.
However, they were bested in Game 3 due to one major disadvantage they have in this series. Coaching. Steve Nash is coaching in his first playoff series and it showed. Meanwhile, Brad Stevens kept things simple and put the ball in his best player's hands time and time again. Jayson Tatum went for 50 points, something he's done multiple times throughout his career. Nash waited far too long to force action away from Tatum on defense. The Nets constantly switched, which left Kyrie Irving on an island against Tatum and the results were predictable. If Nash and company are hoping to avoid a dogfight in Game 4, they'll need to adjust their coverage schemes against Tatum. Perhaps losing this game will expose some of the ways teams will attack them if they advance later in the playoffs and force them to face adversity before taking on the Eastern Conference heavyweights.

It took 50 points from Jayson Tatum and heroics from Celtics' supporting cast to defeat Nets in Game 3

The Brooklyn Nets lost their first game of the 2021 NBA playoffs at TD Garden in Game 3 on Friday night . Jayson Tatum's 50 points led the way for Boston while James Harden carried the scoring load for Brooklyn with 41, while Durant added 39.
The Nets jumped out to an early 19-4 advantage and appeared on their way to a 3-0 series lead, but the Celtics came back to retake the lead at 33-32 at the end of the first quarter. Kyrie Irving had only 16 points and looked gunshy and ineffective until key moments in the fourth quarter. The two teams will do battle again on Sunday in Beantown as Brooklyn will look to bounce back from the setback.

Expect Celtic pride in Game 3, but it won't be enough against Next Level Nets

Old fashioned pride and grit likely won't get an undermanned and so far underwhelming Boston Celtics squad facing the Eastern Conference juggernaut Brooklyn Nets. Through two games, Boston has been thoroughly outplayed, overmatched and manhandled by Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden. The old Boston Garden had a mystique and aura that would rattle opposing teams, but those days are gone. TD Garden will be packed to the brim, or at least to the fullest capacity allowed, but barring the Nets team bus running out of gas on the way to the arena, the Celtics are almost assuredly heading to a 0-3 series deficit.

Barclays Center has seldom, if ever experienced ugly fan incidents taking place in other NBA arenas

Unfortunately, unruly fan behavior has become pervasive in all sports and something that most want eradicated. It's easier said than done, however. Fill rabid sports fans with alcohol and a frenzied playoff atmosphere crazy things happen. Two particularly despicable incidents took place this week, one in Philadelphia with a Sixers fan pouring popcorn on Wizards guard Russell Westbrook as he exited into the tunnel with an ankle injury and another at Madison Square Garden as a Knicks fan allegedly spit on Hawks guard Trae Young.


It's not to say that fans are always on their best behavior in Brooklyn, but it's seldom reported that incidents like the ones that took place in the New York and Philadelphia. Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving raised eyebrows when he commented on prejudices players have experienced when playing in Boston. As arenas expand to full capacity and fans that have been either quarantined or confined to their house without live sports, it's important to understand that these lionized athletes are humans too. The focus of the media's attention should be on the sport taking place on the court and not the actions of fans in the stands.

Jeff Green ruled out for rest of Celtics series with strained plantar fascia

The Brooklyn Nets will be without small forward Jeff Green for the remainder of their first round series with the Boston Celtics, according to head coach Steve Nash.
Green left Tuesday's Game 3 with the injury and did not return. Diagnosed with a strained plantar fascia, Green will be reevaluated in 10 days. 68 games with Brooklyn, Green averaged 11 points per game and shot a blistering 41.2 percent from 3-point range. Green was originally drafted by the Celtics with the number 5 overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft and was later traded to Seattle.

Kyrie Irving inching towards ultimate revenge, a series sweep in Boston

What better way is there for Kyrie Irving to pour salt into Celtic fan wounds than to win the next two games at TD Garden? Not letting the series return to Brooklyn for a Game 4 and sweeping his former team in its own building would be the best response to the vitriol he's received from fans in Beantown.
No matter how belligerent Boston sports fans can be, Irving can rise above the noise and send the Celtics and their fans home for good. A win in Game 3 inches the Nets closer to a sweep, but in all likelihood, Boston's spirit would be broken with a third straight playoff loss to Brooklyn. The Celtics have lost all five meetings with the Nets this year and nine straight playoff games to them overall.

James Harden passes Reggie Miller for sixth All-Time on playoff 3's made list

The regular season was a record-setting campaign for the Brooklyn Nets, and now James Harden just added his name to the NBA record books yet again. Harden surpassed Reggie Miller with his 321st made 3-pointer in his NBA playoff career. Harden has been a dynamic playmaker for the Nets and while he's regarded as one of the most lethal outside shooters, his focus in Brooklyn has been involving teammates and putting Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and the rest of the supporting cast in the best position to score.
The Nets guard trails Manu Ginobili by three made shots from beyond the arc for fifth on the list, and he will have an opportunity to tie or surpass him on Friday night in game three against Boston.

Nets beat down Boston 130 to 108, grab 2-0 series lead

The Brooklyn Nets made quick work of the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night as they jumped out to a 40 to 26 first quarter advantage and never looked back. Kevin Durant finished with 26, Joe Harris 25, James Harden 20, and Kyrie Irving 15. The Nets were not short on offensive firepower and took it to the Celtics from the opening tip. The Nets have now won nine straight playoff games against the Boston Celtics and Game 3 tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. on Friday at Garden.

Blake Griffin throws down a pair of vintage dunks during Nets rout of C's

When the Nets signed Blake Griffin after he was bought out by the Detroit Pistons, they didn't know what version of the former high flyer they were getting.
Griffin had not dunked in an NBA game since 2019 and in his Nets debut was set up beautifully by Harden and the regular season for his first dunk and nearly two years. On Tuesday night in Game 2 against Boston, Griffin had a pair of electrifying dunks in the third quarter with the nets burying the Celtics in the second half.

Jeff Green unable to return in Game 2 with bruised left foot

Brooklyn Nets small forward Jeff Green left the second quarter of Game 2 with a bruised left foot and did not return to action The Nets had the game well in control in the second half but green status remains uncertain for the rest for Game 3 and the rest of the series.
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