The Celtics will face the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Here is a look at some important facts and figures of the Nets 2021-2022 regular season before they won their play-in game.
Bring on Brooklyn.
The No. 2 seed Boston Celtics officially will face the Nets in Round 1 of the 2022 NBA playoffs after Brooklyn dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday in the No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchup of the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.
Celtics-Nets is a fascinating matchup loaded with intriguing storylines: Brooklyn is one of the most dangerous No. 7 seeds in playoff history thanks to the presence of its two superstars, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, and may view Boston as vulnerable with injured big man Robert Williams unlikely to play in the series.
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Note: Games 2-6 of the Brooklyn Nets-Boston Celtics series will be aired exclusively on NBC Sports Boston and can also be streamed on NBCSportsBoston.com or with the MyTeams App, which you can download below.
The action starts Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET at TD Garden for Game 1, with coverage beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston with Celtics Pregame Live.
Check out the full series schedule, which we'll update with game times when they become available. Note: Coverage on NBC Sports Boston begins an hour before every game with Celtics Pregame Live.
- Game 1: Nets at Celtics, Sunday, April 17 at 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
- Game 2: Nets at Celtics, Wednesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. ET (NBC Sports Boston)
- Game 3: Celtics at Nets, Saturday, April 23 at TBD (NBC Sports Boston)
- Game 4: Celtics at Nets, Monday, April 25 at TBD (NBC Sports Boston)
- Game 5: Nets at Celtics, Wednesday, April 27 at TBD (NBC Sports Boston)*
- Game 6: Celtics at Nets, Friday, April 29 at TBD (NBC Sports Boston)*
- Game 7: Nets at Celtics, Sunday, May 1 at TBD* (TBD)
*If necessary