"That's the brutal part of their 130-126 double-overtime loss to the Boston Celtics at Barclays Center. The Nets looked like they'd turned a page in stretches, but you're not fixing everything overnight, and the same late-game issues that have haunted them all season popped back up when it mattered most. And against a disciplined team like Boston, you have to slam the door shut, and they couldn't."
"Rookie Nolan Traore, who finished with a career-high 21 points off the bench, and Ziaire Williams looked ready to ice it at the line, combining for five straight free throws until Traore finally missed with 2.5 seconds left. That's all Boston needed. The Celtics didn't need a two. They needed a 3-pointer. 'He was just wide open,' Claxton said of the corner 3-pointer Hugo Gonzalez hit to force a second overtime. 'He was wide open. He hit the shot.'"
Brooklyn showed improved effort and urgency through most of the game but surrendered critical late-game defensive breakdowns that led to a 130-126 double-overtime loss to Boston. Noah Clowney appeared to put Brooklyn ahead in the first overtime, and rookies Nolan Traore and Ziaire Williams combined on free throws before Traore missed with 2.5 seconds remaining. Traore finished with a career-high 21 points off the bench. Hugo Gonzalez hit a wide-open corner 3-pointer to force a second overtime. Nic Claxton and coach Jordi Fernández acknowledged the mistakes and emphasized learning from the loss.
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