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Justin Quinn

Jrue Holiday on what the Boston Celtics did to get separation from the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday

The Boston Celtics got some of the stiffest resistance they have encountered in their still-young 2023-24 campaign vs. the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night, and new Boston floor general Jrue Holiday thinks he knows what sparked their early success vs. the Celtics in Boston’s 124-114 win.

“Brooklyn plays with pace,” said Holiday of what the Nets did to take it to the Celtics at Barclays Center this weekend via CLNS Media. “They play really fast, they have a lot of good one-on-one guys, so I think they got us into their game trying to play fast. And then defensively for us, we were leaving each other on an island a little bit.”

“I think we started locking in and getting into the lanes and having guys like Cam Thomas and Spencer Dinwiddie see more than one person, not just going one-on-one, making plays and kickouts,” said the UCLA alum.

“From there, we have just got to be solid, and run them off the (3-point) line because we know they want to shoot 3s too,” he explained. “I think in that second half, or even 10 minutes left in that second quarter, we did a good job of stopping their runs.”

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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