{"id":110388,"date":"2026-01-23T22:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/110388\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:24:06","slug":"how-can-the-boston-celtics-take-advantage-of-the-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/110388\/","title":{"rendered":"How can the Boston Celtics take advantage of the Brooklyn Nets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 23, 2026, 4:39 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Boston Celtics face off against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" data-autotag=\"02f2623f-cb52-4847-8284-ff461d726c25\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Friday, Jan. 23. This will be the third meeting between the two teams, with the season series currently even at 1-1. Brooklyn is coming into the game following a disastrous performance against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-york-knicks\/18\/\" data-autotag=\"8b753024-9401-4cc8-9e23-5a6cdca0282d\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Knicks<\/a> earlier this week, where it lost 66-120.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nevertheless, the Celtics must remain focused in order to avoid a potential trap game. Joe Mazzulla&#8217;s team will also be without Derrick White (rest) and potentially Neemias Queta, who is currently listed as questionable due to a non-COVID illness. Still, with the way Jaylen Brown is performing, the Celtics will walk into the game as heavy favorites and will undoubtedly want to build on their win over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/indiana-pacers\/11\/\" data-autotag=\"9c580fdc-190c-4799-8818-97e0f670368a\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During a recent episode of the &#8220;Celtics Chronicle&#8221; podcast, host Adam Taylor was joined by Lucas Kaplan of SB Nation&#8217;s Nets Daily. The duo previewed the upcoming game, while also touching on the Nets&#8217; rebuilding efforts, the potential plan for the trade deadline and the production of Nic Claxton.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XoRBqZSd-iA?si=bfkWusYaRFGPhxvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Boston Celtics vs. Brooklyn Nets Pregame w\/ Lucas Kaplan\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XoRBqZSd-iA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You can watch the full preview podcast by clicking on the embedded video above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Watch or listen to the &#8220;Celtics Chronicle&#8221; podcast on:<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3QnlPcS\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3QnlPcS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Spotify:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/40JRevf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/40JRevf<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Apple:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/45sAUBG\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/apple.co\/45sAUBG<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Substack:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WoA0Cf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WoA0Cf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 23, 2026, 4:39 p.m. ET The Boston Celtics face off against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[679,98,100,99,9,24,63,24021,24022,4503,7204,26668,17533,49566,49565,4499,10871,691,949,682],"class_list":["post-110388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-accessfree","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sstssportsnbaceltics","tag-sstsnceltics","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagbrooklyn-nets","tag-tagderrick-white","tag-tagindiana-pacers","tag-tagjoe-mazzulla","tag-tagneemias-queta","tag-tagnew-york-knicks","tag-tagnic-claxton","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}