When it seems that the Brooklyn Nets‘ crisis can not get worse, every game seems to get worse, this Tuesday night they tied their ninth loss in a row to be absolutely humiliated by the Boston Celtics who scored 28 of the first 30 points at the Barclays Center to lead a comfortable victory by a score of 126-91.
Brooklyn’s worst moment of the season
The 35-point spread perfectly describes what happened at home for the Nets, who were without the service of any of their top three players, Kevin Durant and James Harden due to different injuries and Kyrie Irving due to a home game ban for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Harden missed his third consecutive game due to what is officially described as left hamstring tightness, however, there is speculation that he is planning to be traded to another team before the trade deadline on Thursday, February 10.
The other side of the coin is Boston, a team that is having its best moment of the season, having won for the first time six games in a rowwith a collective effort since in this game five players scored double digits in touchdowns.
Boston in their best moment of the season
The team’s two starting guards, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smartwere the game’s scoring leaders with 22 points each, this effort was added to Jayson Tatum‘s 19 points, Robert Williams III‘s 12 points and Dennis Schroeder‘s 11 points.
Another telling fact about the Nets’ crisis is that since Kevin Durant was injured in January, the team has lost 10 of 12 games without the services of “KD”.
With this result, Boston improved its record to 31-25 to occupy seventh place in the Eastern Conferencewhile Brooklyn now has a 29-25 record in eighth place in the same classification.
What’s next for the Celtics and Nets?
The next game for the Celtics is next Friday when they host the Denver Nuggets.
The Nets will return to the court this Thursday when they visit the Washington Wizards.