Boston Celtics at Brooklyn Nets
Team Totals: Celtics 108.8, Nets 118.3
Injury Report: Jaylen Brown (O, wrist)
Celtics projected starters: Kemba Walker, Marcus Smart, Evan Fournier, Jayson Tatum, Tristan Thompson
Nets projected starters: James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Joe Harris, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin
Celtics series rotation notes: 14 minutes of starters, five minutes of Time Lord with starters (for Tristan), Kemba foul trouble cut him down a bit in the first half, Tristan and Time Lord handled the center minutes (Lord was running five-minute stints until late), Nesmith subbed for Tatum, Jabari Parker for Evan Fournier.
Nets series rotation notes: Jeff Green closed with the starters (for Blake) as expected, Landry Shamet cut down to bench wing role, Kyrie and Harden staggered in middle of halves, Kyrie and KD played together for 36 minutes, all 11 Claxton minutes were with Harden, no DeAndre Jordan, 12 minutes of the Green-KD frontcourt.
Stevens Quotes: Said he really liked how they guarded, said they have to attack their switching better, said they need to manipulate their defense, said Robert Williams , said they need more cuts and movement, said Jabari Parker was “pretty darn good” and he “has real size” in this matchup, said they liked the switching defense with Time Lord behind everyone.
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