What to Know
- The Celtics are actually 1-2 in 2025 NBA Cup Group B play, together with a minus-20 level differential.
- The Celtics (8-8) are again to .500 on the season. This defeat snaps their three-game win streak.
- Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 26 factors. Anfernee Simons chipped in 23 off the bench.
- Michael Porter Jr. paced the Nets with 33 factors, 16 of which got here within the fourth quarter.
- Boston’s possibilities of advancing to the knockout stage of the NBA Cup are very slim.
The Boston Celtics did not simply must win Friday’s 2025 NBA Cup sport in opposition to the Brooklyn Nets at TD Backyard, they needed a large margin of victory to enhance their level differential within the Group B standings.
The C’s achieved neither goal.
A 40-point second quarter helped the Nets earn a 113-105 win — simply their third victory of the season. The defeat drops the Celtics again to .500 at 8-8.
The Celtics drop to fourth place within the Group B standings, and their possibilities of reaching the knockout rounds of the event are just about slim to none, particularly with a minus-20 level differential (the second tiebreaker after head-to-head). The C’s want an enormous win in opposition to the Pistons of their ultimate group stage sport subsequent Wednesday, plus losses by different groups within the group, to have any likelihood of going by means of.
Take a look at our Celtics-Nets stay weblog under for a full recap of Boston’s loss:
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