It took a little while, but the Celtics were able to pull away late from the Nets and capture another Gino Time victory. The team’s 116-95 win over the Nets doesn’t call for any grand declarations nor did any player particularly stick out. What did make an impressive viewing was the sheer strength in numbers that the Celtics possess. Throughout the night, the Celtics sent waves of lineups that had multiple above average NBA players at the Nets that eventually overwhelmed them as their comeback attempt proved fruitless.
Consider this. In the twelve minutes that the starters played together Monday night, they posted a NetRtg of 21.