How we see it goin' down: Celtics vs Nets

Tip: 7:30pm Court: TD Garden Watch it: CSN Hear it: WEEI

Referees: Dan Crawford, Curtis Blair and Sean Wright

The Matchup


Record: 3-3 (1st Atlantic, 4th East)	Record: 1-5 (5th Atlantic, 14th East)
At home: 2-0	On road: 1-3
Streak: Won 3	Streak: Lost 5
Leaders	Leaders
Buckets: Allen (20.0 ppg)	Buckets: Deron Williams (17.3 ppg)
Boards: Garnett (6.3 rpg)	Boards: Kris Humphries (10.0 rpg)
Dimes: Rondo (10.5 apg)	Dimes: Williams (6.0 apg)
For the Stat Geeks:	For the Stat Geeks:
Offensive Rating: 106.4 (10th NBA)	Offensive Rating: 95.8 (28th NBA)
Defensive Rating: 106.8 (25th NBA)	Defensive Rating: 111.3 (29th NBA)
Pace: 90.7 (23rd NBA)	Pace: 89.1 (27th NBA)

Last time

The Celtics won 3 of 4 last season against New Jersey. Boston has won 15 of the last 17 meetings.

This time

Get it to: Kevin Garnett

With Kris Humphries (shoulder) out of the line-up, look for Shelden Williams to guard KG. Yup, that Shelden Williams. I just don't see Shelden managing the Celtics pick-and-pop play with Garnett.

Gotta stop: MarShon Brooks

I had to go to the Nets bench to find a scoring threat. The former Providence Friar is averaging 13.7 ppg. He might end up starting tonight.

The Wild Card: The Celtics overconfidence

The Celtics have a knack for struggling with lesser quality teams. And without 3/5 of their starting five, New Jersey qualifies.