BOSTON — The Brooklyn Nets entered TD Garden for Friday night's game against the Boston Celtics already on a four-game losing streak.
Then, midway through the second quarter, Brooklyn found itself staring at a 28-point deficit — and, for all the world, seemed well on its way to a fifth straight defeat.
The Nets, though, had other ideas. «There was a point in that first quarter, early second quarter, where we looked at each other and said, 'We're not going out this way,' and it kind of brought us together,» Nets forward Cam Johnson said.
It not only brought Brooklyn together — it also served as a catalyst for a truly remarkable turn of events, as not only did the Nets find a way to get back into the game, they managed to completely erase that deficit by the early part of the third quarter and never looked back, pulling away and winning 115-105 over the formerly East-leading Celtics in front of a shell-shocked sellout crowd.