After dropping a winnable contest in their first game of the 2024-25 NBA Cup to a banged-up Atlanta Hawks roster, the Boston Celtics needed to get back in the win column, and boy did they. Blowing out the Brooklyn Nets on the road to the tune of 139-114,

One night after coach Joe Mazzulla said his team lost the physicality battle during a surprising loss to the Hawks, the Celtics shook off another sluggish start and fought back, rolling to a 139-114 win in Brooklyn. After falling behind by 13 points late in the first quarter, the Celtics outscored the Nets by 38 the rest of the way.

But when the Celtics play like they did in the third quarter, when they rang up 38 points and were 7 for 11 behind the arc, nights like those will be rare. Nets: The Nets should like what they're seeing from Williams,