Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points in his return from an eight-game absence with an illness to help the Boston Celtics hold off the Brooklyn Nets 115-113.

Unfortunately, the Nets were not able to achieve their desired result as they lost to the Celtics 115-113 in which Brooklyn was able to come back from a 21-point deficit to make the game interesting in the end.

First the Nets lost their best scorer. Then they lost a heartbreaker to basketball’s best team. Hours after finding out Cam Thomas will miss the rest of the season, Brooklyn was edged 115-113 by defending champion Boston in front of a sellout crowd of 18,

Boston Celtics made the trip to Florida's Kaseya Center to take on the 29-36 Miami Heat on Friday (March 14) night as they look to get back into the win column after dropping a game at their home arena of TD Garden this past Wednesday (March 12) evening.