Happy St. Patricks day! NY goes greens as Nets go for their first 2 game win streak as they host the Boston Celtics, 7:30 PM ET @the Barclays Centers

Celtics are already in town, but are without starting PG Isaiah Thomas who is in boston with a leg injury. He will not make the current celtic road trip this weekend.

Probable Starters

Nets

PG -- Jeremy Lin

SG -- Randy Foye

SF -- Caris Levert

PF -- Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

C -- Brook Lopez


Celtics -- as per media notes

PG -- Marcus Smart

SG -- Avery Bradley

SF -- Jae Crowder

PF -- Amir Johnson

C -- Al Horford

marcus smart to start for Celtics .

updated the thread.

Booker (leg soreness)
Harris (sprained shoulder)
Kilpatrick(hamstring)

are out for the Nets

No word on whether any other players are being rested tonight

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The referees WON !!!!

The Brooklyn Nets was 2 points (91 ~ 93) behind with 45 seconds left in 4Q.

The Celtics missed a 3-pointer.

Jeremy was adjudged to have tripped Marcus Smart amidst a melee down post fighting for rebounds, and Celtics given a front court throw-in.

Lopez had to foul and sent Marcus Smart onto free throw line. Smart scored 2 points to lead 95 ~ 91.

Jeremy then scored a tough basket to be 95 ~ 93 with 16.5 seconds left.

Smart scored 2 free throws to regain a 4-point lead, before Randy Foyle scored a basket to be within 2 points again, but with 10 seconds left.

Bradley then missed one of his free throws to lead 98 ~ 95.

It now leaves 9 seconds or less for Nets for an extra possession to tie the game !!!

Nets went fighting down, lost a heart-breaker 98 ~ 95 as Lopez, then Acy then Foyle consecutively bricked their game-tying 3-pointer, despite getting the offensive rebounds every time after the miss.

Jeremy finished with only 10 points (3/6 FG% 2/4 3-pointer% 2/2 FT%), 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block shot in 21 minutes of action.

Lin was +4 tonight.... so he won.

Nets lose another game where Lin doesn't play at least 25 mins.

Well alot of fouls on Jeremy just got UNNOTICED by the black referees !!! He had been blocked illegally repeatedly by Celtics players in defending PNRs !!!

http://bbs.hupu.com/18754703.html

And also quite a few BS FOULS called on Jeremy, PARTICULARLY that crucial foul 45 seconds before end of 4Q on Jeremy taking Marcus Smart down in the paint; if they bothered to watch the replay, it was Marcus Smart lowering his shoulder onto Jeremy when fighting for rebound and Jeremy lost his balance and thereby brought Marcus Smart down onto the floor !!!

Highlight reels of Jeremy in this game

http://v.sports.qq.com/#/cover/vpho6uzz ... 00238hj4cg

Jeremy's clutch basket to keep Nets alive with 16 seconds left

http://v.sports.qq.com/#/cover/vpho6uzz ... 0023plpmt4

The 3 consecutive 3-pointers that Nets bricked to tie the game

http://v.sports.qq.com/#/cover/vpho6uzz ... 00232wn3ba