Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez is pleased with his team's progress during recent games following a historically bad start to the season.

Nic Claxton had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his first NBA triple-double and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-105 on Friday night for their first victory in the NBA Cup in-season tournament.

The Celtics have won 9 straight games against the Nets, sweeping the series in the last 2 seasons. The Celtics are 146-74 overall all time against the Nets and they are 77-34 when playing in Boston. The Celtics are 4-3 at home so far this season and although the Nets are winless at home, they are 2-5 on the road.

The Celtics responded with an 18-3 run, led by Jaylen Brown, to put the game away. Not only did the defeat drop the Nets to 2-12 on the season, it also dropped them to 0-7 in Brooklyn, matching the longest home losing streak in franchise history, previously set in the 2009-10 season.

The Brooklyn Nets (1-8) have been having a rough start to the 2025-26 NBA season as they can't seem to string together winning basketball for an entire game at this point of the season. Brooklyn will have to hope that they can figure it out soon with a matchup on Sunday looming at the New York Knicks (5-3) and if you're wondering how you can watch all the action live,

The Nets and Celtics faced off days ago, with Boston earning a 14-point lead in Barclays Center. Brooklyn kept it close for some time — even taking a 10-point lead — but ultimately couldn't hang on long enough against a scrappy C's squad.

But after that, Brooklyn got bad, and Boston stayed good. The teams also made their diverging directions clear, with the Nets’ last win vs the Beantown boys coming in 2023. That’s nine straight losses against their short-lived rival.

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the Ame

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown had no problem admitting that his team was outworked by the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.