Spanish Jordi Vern ermendezThe coach of the Brooklyn Nets said on Friday that his players could not “be satisfied” with the defeat inflicted on them at the field of the Boston Celtics in overtime (108-104), despite having climbed the scoreboard for most of the match against the reigning NBA champion.
“We are not happy that we lost, but at the same time we will watch the video of the match and we will learn. We trust in ourselves, we believe in what we are doing. We can’t be complacent. This league is not like that. Our guys didn’t want to lose, we’ll learn.”, Fernandez said at a press conference after the match garden diphtheria.
The Nets pushed the Celtics to the limit and went up 88-82 midway through the fourth, but they failed to finish the job at TD Park due to the reaction of Joe Mazzola’s team.
Jason Tatum led the comeback with 33 points, while Cam Thomas entered with 31 points. “I give a lot of credit to the players for the effort they showed. We gave ourselves a chance, we commanded for most of the match. “They scored 20 points after the losses,”Fernandez said. “I’m proud of the guys, we have to understand why we lost this game, controlling the ball in the fourth half is an important part,” he added
The Brooklyn Nets of Spanish coach Jordi virn ochendes scared the NBA champions, the Celtics, at TD Park in Boston on Friday, but surrendered 108-104 in overtime.
The Nets managed to lead 88-82 in the middle of the fourth half, but the Celtics, without Jaylen Brown for the fourth game in a row, managed to react in time and force overtime driven by 33 points, nine rebounds and six assists from Jason Tatum.
Dominican Al Horford made an important contribution to the comeback, scoring a hat-trick that halved the Nets ‘ 88-82 lead and opened the way for Boston to come back. Horford finished the game with a double-double of thirteen points and ten rebounds. Payton Pritchard He scored 20 points for the Celtics on the bench, and Jiro Holliday contributed to the victory with 17 points.
Lentz had a great start to the game, with 12-0 and 16-2 surprised the Celtics. But the Boston franchise, which won 37 out of 41 home games last year, did not lose its clarity and gradually built its comeback.
And in overtime one of the fittest players of the Celtics appeared at this first stage of the campaign , which is Payton Pritchard Who scored six points to thwart the Nets ‘ big effort. In Brooklyn, Cam Thomas scored 31 points, Dennis Schroeder scored 20 points and Cameron Johnson contributed 18 points.