Boston Celtics managed to block off their emotional loss to the Golden State Warriors over the weekend.
Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart both scored 21 points for the Celtics as they defeated the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night to win the game by 112-104. With this win, Celtics managed to snap, the injury-riddled Nets’ six-game winning streak.
Other players of Boston Celtics, Aron Baynes scored 16 points, Marcus Morris scored 15 points, and Al Horford and Terry Rozier both scored 14 points each for Celtics. With this, Celtics have tied the franchise record of 16 blocked shots. This was Celtics sixth win in their last 7 games. Horford from Celtics side had 11 rebounds for the night.
Celtics were playing without their star guard Kyrie Irving who is currently sidelined due to his sore left hip.
Boston Celtics were coming off a bad loss against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday as they lost by 115-111.
Smart said, “We are professional players. We have got to move on to the next one. We were short as Kyrie was not playing with us. A lot of guys needed to step up in this game and that they did.”
As for the Brooklyn Nets, they were led by D’Angelo Russell who scored 25 points while Shabazz Napier scored 20 points for the team. Brooklyn prior to losing this game had won 19 of their last 24 games. The main reason, for Brooklyn’s loss, was that they were missing their five regular players on Monday night.
Up next, Brooklyn Nets will host a game against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night while Boston Celtics will host a game against the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.
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