NEW YEAR, NEW NETS.
OK. That might be a stretch, but the Nets improved their streak of winning the first game of the New Year (s) since moving to Brooklyn with a 100-97 emotional victory over the Boston Celtics to kick off the new year.
It was the first game of a home-and-home with the Celtics, the next coming Monday in Brooklyn. I don't think it can get much better than this one, though.
The first half of this game was strange to say the least. The Nets played a quick, up-tempo style of play, more so because they were playing at the Celtics pace.