For a little while Wednesday night, the Brooklyn Nets looked like the team most expected them to be this season. And the Nets ...

Two games against the Nets, his former team, would be a perfect starting point for the somewhat-slumping star to give his new team a jolt.

Of course, in last year's playoff run, the Celtics operated without Kristaps Porzingis in the lineup most of the time as he navigated various injuries, and Al Horford was able to hold down the ...