This time, the score wasn’t close.
The Nets started out doing their thing against the Boston Celtics, relying on a red hot Ziaire Williams who scored 16 points in the first half and 23 (season-high) for the full game. But after that early spurt, Jayson Tatum started Jayson Tatuming. Luke Kornet was catching lobs over and over again, and Brooklyn started playing lackluster defense which left Coach Fernandez very displeased. All of these things combined led to a 139-114 defeat in an arena dominated by people wearing green. No, not TD Garden but the one at Flatbush and Atlantic.