It has been said that the Nets are not as bad as their record, that the collection of talent in New Jersey blue is much better than the 5-52 record the team brought into its Saturday afternoon soirée in Boston. I'm not sure I buy that. Brook Lopez and Devin Harris are handsome and talented gents, but the depth is more shallow than a kiddie pool in North Korea. The team struggles to defend, struggles even more to score ... just struggles to be any sort of foil for its opponents.The Celtics, however, saw a different enemy Saturday. A focused, performing Nets team. A Lopez who just incinerated stout defender Kendrick Perkins, a Courtney Lee who scorched from the perimeter, a Harris who controlled the game. Boston dug a pit it couldn't escape, trailing by 10 entering the fourth and eventually succumbing 104-96. It was New Jersey's sixth win in 58 games this season.
The Celtics looked, and look, completely spent. Kevin Garnett, bless him, looked like a man who needed a wheelchair. If I saw the Kevin Garnett from Saturday's game crossing a street, I would stop to help him across. I'd carry his shopping bags. He scored well, but was burnt by (ready for it?) Kris Humphries in a critical possession. He was quite literally limping up and down the floor. I have no idea why he's playing on a knee so obviously causing him so much pain. It's the end of February, not May. There's no way Boston falls below fourth place in the East. Let the man try to heal.
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