Nets escape with win in play-in tournament but must eye Celtics with a mix of confidence and caution

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?