The Celtics were thoroughly outplayed by Michael Porter Jr. and the Nets on Friday, falling 113-105 in a loss that drew a call to action from Jaylen Brown.

Here are the takeaways.

Michael Porter Jr. killed the Celtics with one play.

Porter Jr. got hot in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 of his 33 points in the period with a flurry of shots from all over the floor.

Porter, however, set the stage for his fourth-quarter takeover earlier with a single set that the Nets ran over and over, confounding the Celtics nearly every time.

The set wasn’t complicated: Porter Jr. simply started in the corner, ran off a dribble hand-off screen at the top of the key and either drove (if the defender trailed him around the screen) or rose up and fired a 3-pointer using his 6’10 frame to get a clean look.

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