Derrick White added 15 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight game to improve to 8-7. They played the Nets even for about three quarters before smothering them defensively in the fourth, allowing just one basket for the first 10 minutes of the period.

Brooklyn Nets coach Jordi Fernandez didn't want to dwell on the negatives after their loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.

The Nets come into this game following a 129-105 win at the Washington Wizards on Sunday in which Brooklyn was able to use spurts in the second and fourth quarters to put away Washington long before the final buzzer sounded.

Jaylen Brown anotó 29 puntos, Payton Pritchard sumó 22 unidades y diez rebotes, y los Celtics de Boston doblegaron el martes 113-99 a los Nets de Brooklyn para rebasar la marca de .500 por primera vez en esta temporada.

It hasn’t been the seamless start to the season for the Boston Celtics, and the Boston faithful might have scripted in their minds. An 0-3 stumble out of the gate, followed by a recovery, then another dip—it’s been a season of fits and starts.

Fresh off their second win of the season on Sunday night, the Nets returned home looking for their first win at the Barclays Center in 224 days. Standing in th