Nets escape with win in play-in tournament but must eye Celtics with a mix of confidence and caution
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Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving took care of business, but Boston is a different animal
NEW YORK -- It was Kevin Durant himself who asked the first question at his post-game press conference on Tuesday: "Yo, what did Bruce Brown say when he got up here?"
Forty-five minutes after the Brooklyn Nets earned the No. 7 seed with a 115-108 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the play-in opener, Durant said that his teammate had "said something I didn't like. Somebody just told me."
The quote that irked Durant came in response to an innocuous question: What is the key to slowing down the Boston Celtics in the first round?
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