“I did my best to make the right play every time, realizing that, and just tried to read the double teams”, said Lopez, who scored seven of his points in a key 9-2 run when Boston was making its charge with a smaller, trapping lineup. We’ve had multiple practices where certain guys have really looked good and stood out because others haven’t.
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After winning four in a row, Boston dropped a 112-104 decision to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday in Kobe Bryant’s final trip to the Garden. I don’t think it can get much better than this one, though.
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“I still don’t think Marcus is ready to play a large number of minutes”, the Celtics coach admitted before Saturday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets.
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“We didn’t play up to our standards (on Saturday) and they busted our ass”, Jerebko said.
“He told me this story about how a lion seeks food, whatever he’s gonna kill and eat”, Thomas said. He’s a competitor still so he’s going to feel like it’s his fault. When we don’t play hard and we’re not the aggressive team, we’re one of the worst teams in the National Basketball Association. He couldn’t put pressure on the leg and did NOT return with a right knee sprain.
The Celtics trailed by 10 points entering the final quarter but a 12-2 run tied the score at 83. The Nets coughed it up and the Celtics charged down the floor, just to see Jonas Jerebko missed a wide-open potential game-tying three. Nets guard Jarrett Jack took exception to the foul by Sullinger, who fell to the ground, too, and he shoved him. Jack and Crowder both received technical fouls.
He didn’t back down, and neither did the Nets as they immediately went on a 9-0 run and took an eventual 11-point lead. He had another (23 points, 10 rebounds) in a 111-101 win over Boston at home on November 22, which also came on the back end of a home-and-home.
But Boston’s Marcus Smart curiously missed the game’s opening 20 minutes, and Brad Stevens brought James Young off the bench before him. “I think what he said earlier was kind of about the culture he has set and he felt like he let it slip a little bit”. The Nets played a quick, up-tempo style of play, more so because they were playing at the Celtics pace.
Thomas had a driving basket in the first quarter, but lost his sneaker.
The Nets point guard, who is known as one of the most popular in the locker room, went down with with an ugly injury in the third quarter and had to be helped to the locker rom. After a timeout, the Nets broke Boston’s press and got an emphatic dunk from Lopez, and the Celtics final surge came up just short.
Smart had a pair of late-game swipes that gave Boston a chance to force overtime, but the Celtics could not rally out of the 13-point hole they had dug.
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The Celtics head down to Brooklyn for a Monday grudge match to attempt to tie up the season series.
