For the second time this season, last night the Brooklyn Nets lost to the Boston Celtics 139-114. In an offensive outpouring from both sides, the Celtics simply had more firepower with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, while the Nets were without Dorian Finney-Smith, Ben Simmons, and Bojan Bogdanovic.

The Nets lost to the Celtics 139-114 despite being down just 65-60 to the defending NBA champions. Ziaire Williams had his best game in a Nets uniform as he dropped 23 points and six rebounds while Cam Thomas had 17 points and three assists.

But when the Celtics play like they did in the third quarter, when they rang up 38 points and were 7 for 11 behind the arc, nights like those will be rare. Nets: The Nets should like what they're seeing from Williams,