*Kevin Garnett, who registered his 2nd double-double of the season on Friday, has had a great career against the Celtics: his career average of 22.6 points per game is his most against any NBA franchise (his 2nd-most: 20.5 against the Kings).
–Kevin Garnett has won 3 of his last 4 meetings against the Celtics, but has not defeated them in Boston since 2005.
–Garnett has also scored more than 10 points every time he has faced the Celtics in his career (24 games: 13-11 overall record).
*The former Celtics that are on the Brooklyn bench could make a starting lineup of their own: Paul Pierce (1998-2013 with the Celtics), Kevin Garnett (2007-13), Jason Terry (2012-13), Joe Johnson (2001-02) and Roy Rodgers (1997-98).
–Lawrence Frank could be their coach.
*2 years ago to the day (January 26, 2012): Pierce, Garnett and the Celtics made a 27-point comeback against the Magic, the C’s largest comeback in 16 seasons.
*Via the Nets’ NBA.com game notes: Kevin Garnett’s 31.6 defensive rebounding percentage leads all NBA players this season.
–2nd-best: Kevin Love (30.5)
–4th-best: Reggie Evans (30.4)
*The Nets are an NBA-best 9-1 in January.
–The team’s 4-game winning streak is currently the best in the Eastern Conference.
*Via Elias: “Mirza Teletovic came off the Nets bench to score 34 points in their win over the Mavericks. It’s the most points scored in an NBA game this season by any non-starter and the most for a Nets sub since Derrick Coleman scored 35 points in a 130-120 Nets win at the Boston Garden on January 15, 1992.”
*Via the Nets’ NBA.com game notes: “The Nets have now won 13 straight games they have led at halftime (dating back to 11/26/13 victory over Toronto).”
*Via the Nets’ NBA.com game notes: “The Nets improved to 8-0 in 2014 with Kevin Garnett in the lineup (KG sat out the 1/4 victory over Cleveland and the 1/11 loss to Toronto). In those eight games, Garnett is shooting 31-46 (67.4%) from the field.”
*The Nets are 16-2 this season when having a better field-goal percentage than their opponent.
*Jared Sullinger has missed his last 5 shots from 3-point distance.
–He has made just 1 for his last 13 attempts from deep.
–His 3-point shooting percentage has decreased each month: November 32%; December 26%; and January 22%
*The Celtics missed 22 of their 27 shots from deep Friday.
–That tied the most 3-point misses in a game this season for the Celtics (now done 3 times).
*Friday was the largest home loss of the season for the Celtics.
–The last time the Celtics lost by that much at the Garden: Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals in 2012 when the Celtics crowd chanted, “Let’s Go Celtics,” for the final few minutes of the game.
*On December 10 against the Celtics, Joe Johnson scored single-digit points in at least 30 minutes played for the first time in a regular-season game since March 20, 2013 (also did it in Game 7 of the Nets’ 2013 first-round series vs. Bulls).
–Johnson has also done that 4 times in the last month.
*After each of the Celtics starters blocked a shot on Wednesday, Boston did not record a block on Friday.
–Before the game against the Thunder, the last time the Celtics did not have a block in a game: November 18, 2012 at Detroit (last time at the Garden: March 23, 2011).
*Happy 25th birthday to MarShon Brooks, who has played just 2 minutes with the Golden State Warriors since being traded there.
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Nets
–Since moving to Brooklyn, the Nets are 4-1 against the Celtics.
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