Nets compete, but fall short against Celtics
Boston wins 13th straight game despite game effort by Brooklyn
The Nets played exactly the way head coach Kenny Atkinson wanted them to for most of Tuesday night.
They spread the ball around, got back on defense, knocked down plenty of 3-pointers and overcame a pair of 13-point deficits.
But against the NBA’s hottest team, Brooklyn’s brand of basketball still wasn’t enough as the Boston Celtics held on for their 13th straight victory, 109-102, over the shorthanded but feisty Nets in front of 12,936 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center.