"Michael Porter Jr. killed the Celtics with one play. Porter Jr. got hot in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 of his 33 points in the period with a flurry of shots from all over the floor. Porter, however, set the stage for his fourth-quarter takeover earlier with a single set that the Nets ran over and over, confounding the Celtics nearly every time."
"The set wasn't complicated: Porter Jr. simply started in the corner, ran off a dribble hand-off screen at the top of the key and either drove (if the defender trailed him around the screen) or rose up and fired a 3-pointer using his 6'10 frame to get a clean look. The Celtics, for whatever reason, had no answers, and when the Nets started to get shaky in the fourth quarter"
"The problem actually began in the second quarter, when Brown picked up his third with just under a minute remaining. Then, just under a minute into the third quarter, Brown picked up his fourth foul - a very unfortunate sequence of events for the Celtics, since he then was susceptible to a fifth. That one came with just under six minutes remaining when he smacked Terance Mann in the face"
The Nets defeated the Celtics 113-105 as Michael Porter Jr. scored 33 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter. Porter repeatedly freed himself with a simple set: start in the corner, run off a dribble hand-off at the top and either drive or rise up for a 3 using his 6'10 frame. The Celtics failed to defend the set, and Porter's run halted a late Celtics rally. Jaylen Brown finished with 26 points but collected early fouls — his third late in the second, a fourth early in the third and a fifth after contact with Terance Mann — forcing him to sit and reducing Boston's effectiveness.
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