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Celtics-Nets Game 2 was played on the 19th anniversary of the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history. Boston erased a 26-point deficit in Game 3 of the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals, and Paul Pierce by himself outscored the Nets 19-16 in the fourth quarter.
Tonight, the Nets went ahead as many as 33 points and, unfortunately, history was not repeated. Brooklyn won, 130-108, and now leads the series 2-0. Itโs looking as bad for the Celtics as most people feared after this matchup was set.
Joe Harris (7 threes) caught fire early for Brooklyn, helping the Nets get ahead big-time from the jump. They never looked back. The Nets were hot all night, making 17 threes and racking up 31 assists. The Celtics did the opposite, and also lost Jayson Tatum to a poke in the eye during the third quarter.
Ready for game โ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/fLkxwhgIMM
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 25, 2021
Celts were on their heels early becauseโฆ
Nice to see its 5 on 8 early right from the tip ๐๐พ
— Cousin DPOY (not notable) (@AndrewDoxy) May 25, 2021
Touch foul after touch foul early. This is ridiculous.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) May 25, 2021
Kemba – 1
Blakeโs ankles – 0 pic.twitter.com/KhFM6pOERX
— Off the Glass (@otgbasketball) May 25, 2021
Unlike Game 1, the Nets made shots early and often.
You rush back to get to Kyrie, who has the ball, but then you need to close out when he passes to Kevin Durant, but then Durant swings it to Joe Harris in the corner. What are you supposed to do?
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 25, 2021
Joe Harris can't miss ๐ณ
16 PTS and 4-4 from three pic.twitter.com/W9KM5V0cgG
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 25, 2021
18-0 run in less than three minutes is absurd. Nets offense is terrifying and I love it.
— Zach Berger (@theZachBerger) May 25, 2021
Robert Williams immediately making his presence felt: pic.twitter.com/AHjbF8uwtV
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) May 25, 2021
for the Celtics to have a shot against the Nets, everything has to go right
thus far, it has not all gone right tonight
— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) May 25, 2021
The Nets lead the Celtics 40-26 at the end of Q1
Walker: 9pts
Fournier: 7pts
Tatum: 3pts (1/5 FG)
BOS: 1 assistHarris: 16pts (6/7 FG)
Durant: 8pts
Irving: 8pts
BKN: 12asts— Josue Pavรณn (@Joe_Sway) May 26, 2021
Second quarter.
We're playing a line up of PP, Nesmith, Tatum, Jabari, and Rob and there are really analysts that cover this team talking like we should expect to compete with the Nets
— Bradsketbawl (@bradsketbawl) May 26, 2021
Boston just really isn't doing much right at the moment
— John Karalis ๐ฌ๐ท ๐บ๐ฆ (@John_Karalis) May 26, 2021
We live in a world where Landry Shamet gets a better whistle than Tatum
— The Jelly Man (@Jellyman15) May 26, 2021
Shamet done flopped three times in a row the refs aint got tired of it yet
— Trello Gotti๐ฏ (@TrelloGotti) May 26, 2021
Right now the #Celtics look bad, and I am sad. @NBCSCeltics @tvabby pic.twitter.com/LeutzGNDyp
— Harry Mann jr. (@HarryMannjr1) May 26, 2021
Joe Harris has twice as many made 3s as the entire Celtics roster
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) May 26, 2021
What's probably frustrating for Tatum is we see stars get rewarded for being aggressive every night, he doesn't settle and is aggressive, gets hit on almost every play and took 2 FTs in 18 minutes
All you can do is stay with it
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) May 26, 2021
The Celtics trail the Nets by 24 at the half, which is tied for the 2nd largest postseason halftime deficit they have ever faced.
— Max Lederman (@Max_Lederman) May 26, 2021
That was about as ugly as it gets for Boston in the first half. Nets shoot 52 percent overall and from 3, Joe Harris has 22 points and the Celtics have more turnovers (9) than assists (7) while shooting 38 percent. Brooklyn up 71-47.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 26, 2021
Third quarter, it was more of the same, but this sucked worse.
Celticsโ Jayson Tatum took a shot to the eye while fighting for a loose ball against Kevin Durant
— Josue Pavรณn (@Joe_Sway) May 26, 2021
Jayson Tatum goes down on this play and then headed back to the locker room for further evaluation pic.twitter.com/kKvIjsRpja
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) May 26, 2021
*tatum with several arrows sticking out of his rib cage*
Kenmauer: play on— Riffs Man (@Riffs_Man) May 26, 2021
Jayson Tatum to the locker room shielding his eye. pic.twitter.com/eZcK6z5Llr
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 26, 2021
Twice on the same play. https://t.co/2KcbspDgfw
— Mikewichter (@mikewichter) May 26, 2021
The refs werenโt done, ignoring this charge but whistling the and-one.
team is ridiculous pic.twitter.com/o0G8awsFXR
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 26, 2021
Celtics just hit 5 3-pointers in 2 minutes and are still down 23.
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) May 26, 2021
Smart officially hit 4 3-pointers in 1:04. We could be in for some truly special heat checks folks.
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) May 26, 2021
Durant was talking trash and Evan Fournier wasnโt having it. Need much more of this from the Celtics.
Evan Fournier with some words for Kevin Durant: pic.twitter.com/svT7sNFVy1
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) May 26, 2021
I like Fournier getting pissed. KD is a bitch.
— Cindy (@cindytweetsalot) May 26, 2021
#Celtics trail the #Nets 109-82 after three
Smart 19pts 6ast
Walker 17pts 7astDurant 26pts 8reb
Harris 25pts— CausewayStreet (@CausewayStreet) May 26, 2021
Fourth quarter was extended garbage time. A bleary-eyed Tatum returned to the bench.
#NEBHInjuryReport Jayson Tatum was poked in the right eye. He will be out for the remainder of the game.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 26, 2021
๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ | ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐
๐ Nets 130 โ๏ธ Celtics 108๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ Celtics give up 71 first-half points
๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ Trailed by as much as 33
๐ Jayson Tatum departs after KD eye poke
๐ Joe Harris: 25 PTS, 7-10 3PT
๐ BKN 2, BOS 0
๐ Series shifts to Boston on Friday night— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 26, 2021
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