The Brooklyn Nets suffered one of its most lopsided losses of the season, 139-96 to the Boston Celtics on Thursday.

Kyrie Irving led the Nets with 20 points, while Jayson Tatum led Boston with 31 points on the night. This game however was pretty much determined in the first quarter as Boston grabbed a 46-16 lead at the end of the first quarter,and even led 38-9 with 3:30 to go in the quarter.

It was rough. But Twitter … well … was even tougher.

• Final Score

  Final. pic.twitter.com/sesEnmi22a

  — Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) February 2, 2023

• Nets Insider

  Since the Nets ousted the @Celtics out of the 2021 NBA playoffs in 5 games, Boston has won 6 of 7 regular season games, with narrowest margin of victory being 6 points. Boston swept Brooklyn out of 2022 NBA playoffs. Utter domination. Your move Sean Marks. #nba #NetsWorld #nets

  — Nets Insider (@NetsHistory) February 2, 2023

• Boston Having Fun at Nets Expense

  The Brooklyn Nets right now…
  pic.twitter.com/1tFgiWZuwj

  — Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) February 2, 2023

• Marc D'Amico

  OFFICIAL: The Boston Celtics have now won 10 consecutive games against the Brooklyn Nets.

  — Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) February 2, 2023

• Did the Nets Play?

  Did the Nets forget that tonight’s game started at 7:30 PM?

  — Gershon Rabinowitz (@GershOnline) February 2, 2023

• Bleacher Report

  Jayson Tatum (18 PTS) outscored the entire Nets team by himself in the 1Q 😳 pic.twitter.com/j42RNGnmtO

  — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 2, 2023

• Brian Lewis

  Jacque Vaughn admits the #Nets got hit and didn’t hit back. “I think if you look at how we were moving, the energy and effort that we needed to beat this team tonight we were lacking that from the beginning of the game.” #celtics

  — Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) February 2, 2023

• 23rd of 26 three pointers for Boston

  pouring it on 🔥 pic.twitter.com/big536hFnJ

  — Boston Celtics (@celtics) February 2, 2023

• Jacque Vaughn

  Jacque Vaughn: They made some tough shots and they got going early, and that was the difference in the game. pic.twitter.com/kdZdvtGgOn

  — YES Network (@YESNetwork) February 2, 2023

• Bart Simpson even

  I mean I knew we’d lose but DAMN pic.twitter.com/PQUIb3VH9G

  — Spark 🎄 (@AASpark27) February 2, 2023

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