Here are the takeaways as the Celtics got run off the court against the Nets on Wednesday in a 123-104 loss.
1. The Celtics aren’t as bad as they looked on Wednesday, as evidenced by their run in the fourth quarter that closed the gap from 29 to 13. They missed a ton of 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum broke his streak of 30-point games, and the Nets paraded to the rim against a Celtics defense that seemed a little thrown off by the officiating.
But the Nets looked great, even though James Harden and Kevin Durant weren’t particularly dominant.