The Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets hook up for the second straight Monday, but at least one of the teams will enter Barclays Center distinctly different than it was a week ago.
The Nets took a 116-95 pounding at TD Garden on Jan. 7, in the first meeting between the long-time Atlantic Division rivals this season, under the stress of a poor shooting night and a season-high 23 turnovers.
Brooklyn (21-23) shot just 11-for-42 (26.2 percent) from 3-point range with a thin bench, as Joe Harris and DeMarre Carroll both sat out the game on the back end of a road back-to-back.