Quick Recap: Boston Celtics 111, New Jersey Nets 87
by Mark Ginocchio
Jan 13, 2010 2009-2010 Regular Season, Nets vs. Celtics, Quick Recap
So the Nets put up their weekly turd, dropping their sixth straight and getting blown away at home by the Boston Celtics 111-87.
- The Celtics, despite missing Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace, weren’t screwing around tonight, scoring 38 points in the first quarter, and hitting 9 of their first 10 shots. They shot 69 percent in the first half, compared with 32 percent for the Nets.
- Brian Scalabrine had 11 points in the first half. Did he ever do that with the Nets?
- Brook Lopez was a bright spot for the Nets scoring 18 points (5-12 shooting), grabbing 10 rebounds, and blocking 4 shots.
- Yi Jianlian chipped in with 19 points on 6-12 shooting, hopefully temporarily ending the discussion about him and Brook Lopez coexisting. Remember folks, it’s the rest of the roster that’s the problem.
- Playing with an injured wrist, Devin Harris muscled his way to 15 points and 6 assists. His PG counterpart Rajon Rondo had a pedestrian 11 points and 14 assists (yawn).
- Paul Pierce, who I still saw enough of back in 2002, led all scorers with 24 points.
- In his Nets debut, Kris Humphries scored 9 points on 1-8 shooting, but he got to the FT line 10 times (hitting 7) and he grabbed 8 rebounds (5 offensive).
January 13th, 2010 at 10:25 PM
If the Celtics starters had stayed in longer than 22 minutes (allen) or 28 minutes (pierce/rondo) this game could have been worse. Like a 50 point differential. What an awful, awful game to watch. I feel bad for everyone at the Izod center tonight