Kyrie Irving (39 points, 11 rebounds) and James Harden (23 points, five rebounds, Playoff career-high 18 assists) combined for 104 points for the No. 2 seed Nets as they defeated the No. 7 seed Celtics,

This was probably not what he envisioned. The Celtics coughed up a 14-point first-half lead and lost to the Jazz, 105-103, on Jusuf Nurkić’s putback with 0.6 seconds left.

The Celtics fed off the TD Garden crowd to rally in the fourth quarter against the Jazz, but Utah shut the door with just 0.6 seconds remaining.

The Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first of 3 meetings between these two teams. They will meet two more times in Cleveland on November 30 and March 8. These 2 teams split the series 2-2 last season with each team winning one at home and one on the road.