Coaches Joe Mazzulla and Jordi Fernandez spoke about limiting Boston's shots from 3 in their loss to Brooklyn on Friday night.

The Nets beat the Celtics 113-105 in Friday's NBA Cup game and while the first three quarters look eerily similar to Tuesday, Brooklyn made sure that the end of the game was a different story. Forward Michael Porter Jr.

The Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-105 on Friday night for their first victory in the NBA Cup in-season tournament.

Simons epitomized the reality in front of Boston for that Nets loss, and was not being offered as an excuse for how the Celtics played.

For the second time this week, the Brooklyn Nets took on the Boston Celtics, this time at TD Garden in Boston. This time around, it was the Nets who came out on

BOSTON — Joe Mazzulla’s definition of fun became a talking point this past weekend when Rusty Smith, a young reporter with Sports Illustrated Kids, asked the Boston Celtics coach how he balances pushing players to improve while keeping the game fun for them.

Joe Mazzulla needs to find that energy every game now for the Celtics to have a chance against tough opponents. On Friday, he waited too long, keeping Hugo Gonzalez on the bench until the fourth quarter and keeping Jordan Walsh on the sidelines during the Nets’ 19-4 run. Those were the only two guys Brown praised after the loss.

NESN’s Collin Keane took things a step further, predicting that the Dubs will cut ties with Kuminga in favor of an NBA champion Boston Celtics forward. “Kuminga is a $22.5 million cap hit who has a team option for next season, so he’s essentially expiring,” Keane wrote Friday.