"The Celtics (8-8) fell 113-105 to the 12-loss Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden Friday night, marking just the Nets' third win all season. Boston has shown flashes of potential through the first month of regular-season play, but a lack of consistency has them toward the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings through 16 games. That inconsistency cost them a win on Friday."
""Come ready to play or don't come at all," Brown said. "That's my whole thing: we've gotta come ready to play. We just went through the motions tonight. I don't understand." Brown led Boston in points (26), but finished the night a -4 on the floor. He recorded eight rebounds and four assists in addition to two steals. Brown accrued five fouls by the third quarter, keeping him sidelined for part of the second half. That doomed the Celtics the rest of the way."
"Anfernee Simons played a personal season-high, 33 minutes, but ended the night a -10. Payton Pritchard logged a similar line: he played a team-high 35 minutes, but finished a team-worst -13. Starters Neemias Queta (-5) and Derrick White (-7) were net-negatives, also, and scored 16 and six points, respectively. That is not a winning formula for a Boston team struggling to find its identity without Jayson Tatum."
The Boston Celtics fell 113-105 to the Brooklyn Nets, handing the Nets only their third win of the season and dropping Boston to 8-8. The team has shown sporadic potential but suffers from a lack of consistency and defensive energy, leaving them near the bottom of the Eastern Conference through 16 games. Jaylen Brown led with 26 points but finished a minus-4 and picked up five fouls by the third quarter. Several players posted poor plus-minus marks, including Simons (-10) and Pritchard (-13), underscoring lineup struggles and an unclear identity without Jayson Tatum.
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