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 Jeff Green scored 17 points, Avery Bradley had 15 and Jared
Sullinger chipped in 13 for the Celtics, who shot 55.7 percent from
the floor. Marcus Smart, Marcus Thornton and Evan Turner had 10
points apiece off the bench.
Mirza Teletovic led the Nets with 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting,
including 4-of-6 from 3-point distance. Deron Williams and Joe
Johnson scored 19 points apiece and Kevin Garnett began his 20th NBA
season with 10 points and six rebounds for Brooklyn, which committed
20 turnovers in head coach Lionel Hollins' debut with the team.
 Rondo assisted on Bradley's 3-pointer less than two minutes in to
give the Celtics the lead for good and Olynyk scored nine straight
Boston points to make it 24-13 late in the first. The Celtics closed
the first half on a 10-0 run and shot 61.4 percent in the first 24
minutes to go up 67-41.
The Nets scored the first five points of the third quarter and got
within 19 on Williams' jumper with 7:48 left in the third before
Rondo scored nine points in less than two minutes, capped by a
banked 3-pointer to make it 84-60 midway through the period.
Olynyk's buzzer-beater pushed the advantage to 101-72 entering the
fourth and Boston led by at least 15 throughout the final stanza.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Rondo, who played in just 30 games last season after
returning from an ACL tear, returned from a broken hand to go 6-of-9
from the floor and finish three rebounds shy of a triple-double. ...
Hollins was whistled for a technical foul late in the first half and
Garnett picked up another with less than four minutes remaining in
the game when he mixed it up with Olynyk. ... Brooklyn C Brook Lopez
was inactive due to a sprained foot.
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