The Nets got to face a Boston team without Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown.
But the Celtics still had championship mettle, and enough talent to handle Brooklyn.
While the Nets led much of the night, and in the fourth quarter, they fell 104-96 to Boston before a sellout crowd of 19,156 at TD Garden on Tuesday night.
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