After some lackadaisical team defense in the first three games of the restart, the Celtics got back to their defense-first ways with a 149-115 win over the JV Brooklyn Nets. It was the complete team defensive showing Boston needed after Coach Brad Stevens emphasized the importance of defense in his latest post-game comments.
Even if this Nets team was undermanned, the Celtics looked like a new, revitalized unit after the Tuesday night loss to Miami. Everyone looked active and alert, hustling and rotating over on switches and creating turnovers to get the offense pushing in transition.