It got interesting late but it was too tall of a mountain for the Celtics to climb.
The Nets defeated the Celtics, 123-104, at TD Garden on Thanksgiving Eve. With the victory, Brooklyn improves their Eastern Conference best-record to 14-5 and adds another win to their league-best road record — 8-2.
Patty Mills was in FIBA Patty Mode. He continued his historic 3-point shooting with another stellar sharpshooting show of 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting overall and 7-of-10 from deep in 33 minutes. The veteran guard has now drilled seven or more threes in a game for the third time this season — Mills hit seven or more threes in a game only three times in his first 12 seasons combined.