Los Celtics fans they were really determined to annoy Kyrie Irving in the first round series matchup playoff opener against the Nets. But it was Boston’s defense that ended really throwing him off balance, alya Kevin Durant, in the second game.
Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics reversed a 17-unit deficit to get over wednesday 114-107 to Brooklyn, which extended their lead in the series to 2-0.
Jayson Tatum added 19 points for the Celtics. that they didn’t let Kevin Durant make a field goal in the second half. Al Horford had 16 points, Daniel Theis added 15 and Payton Pritchard had eight of his last 10 points in the fourth quarter.
Durant finished with 27 points, but was shut down in the second half for the second straight game, shooting 4-for-17. Irving had just 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting, one day after he was fined $50,000 for directing obscene gestures and foul language at Celtics fans in Game 1.
The loyal fans of TD Garden booed Irving incessantly from the start, when it was introduced. The volume of the rejection samples rose after the start of the game adding the cry: “Irving sucks! Irving sucks!” on Brooklyn’s first two possessionsn. The boos continued every time he took the ball.
