Another base scoring display Kyrie irving and the eaves Kevin Durant left the Brooklyn Nets with a 123-95 away win over the Boston Celtics, in the third game of the special day of Christmas Day, of the NBA.
Irving, who dominated all facets of the game in his 33 minutes on the TD Garden court, scored 37 points, including seven 3-for-10 attempts, dished out eight assists and grabbed six rebounds.
“We have to continue the confrontations because we are in the same division, which means that there is no special kind of motivation in the games,” said Irving, who before signing with the Nets as a free agent in 2019 was a Celtics player.
For his part Durant He reached 29 points and reserve guard-forward Caris added 10 points to complete the list of the three Nets players (2-0) who had double-digit numbers.
Center Jarrett Allen, who came out of reserve, emerged as the best player in the paint and was left at the gates of a double-double after contributing nine points, 11 rebounds – six defensive -, and four blocks, in both statistical sections he finished as leader of the team.
New Nets coach, Canadian rookie Steve NashBefore the dominance of his team, he decided to give minutes to 15 players that he led to Boston.
As happened in the debut game against the Golden State Warriors, the Nets attack became a scoring machine with a fast serve and transition game that overwhelmed the Celtics defense by also using shots from outside. of the perimeter.
The percentages of 54% (41-7) in the field goals; 52% (15-29), from triples, and 84% (26-31) left no doubt about the inspiration and shooting efficiency of the Nets, compared to 38 (37-98), 30 (8-27 ) and 68 (13-19), respectively, of the Celtics.
Escort Jaylen Brown With 27 points, eight rebounds and three assists, he was the leader of the Celtics attack (1-1), while power forward Jayson Tatum he reached 20 points as the second highest scorer.
But he didn’t have his best scoring inspiration, missing 13 of 22 shots from the field, including four 3-point attempts, as well as grabbing eight rebounds, dishing out two assists and losing three balls.
The game, which came to halftime with a 54-51 lead over the Celtics, was broken in the third period when Durant scored 16 points and the Nets finished it with a 23-35 run and 77-86 aggregate, which increased at the beginning of the quarter, without the Boston team being able to come back.
Hours before the game began, the Celtics reported that legendary former Boston team player and coach, KC Jones, who won 12 league titles with the team, had died at age 88, with no disclosures being made. causes of his death.
The entire NBA family, led by Commissioner Adam Silver, expressed their sadness following the news of Jones’ passing, while praising both his professional and personal trajectory.
The legendary Bill Russell, former college and Celtics teammate, through his Twitter page expressed the great friendship that both maintained for 60 years.
“My condolences and prayers to his family,” said Russell, with whom he achieved the triple crown of being a college champion, NBA champion and Olympic gold with the United States national basketball team. “The respect and affection that we had for each other was something very great that made us be friends forever.”
All the Celtics players who were under his direction expressed, through social networks, the same feelings of respect, admiration and recognition of his great knowledge as a professional and towards him.
