Nets surprise Celtics 104-96

BOSTON (FOX25, myfoxboston) - Center Brook Lopez scored 25 points and guards Devin Harris and Courtney Lee added 23 and 21 points and the New Jersey Nets topped the Boston Celtics 104-96 Saturday.

The Nets, who entered the game 5-52 and 2-27 on the road, took a 29-27 lead on Keyon Dooling's jumper at the end of the first quarter and never trailed again.

Kevin Garnett had 26 points and Marquis Daniels had 16 for the Celts, playing their third straight game without Paul Pierce.

The Celtics cut an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit to six on Ray Allen's 3-pointer with 2:05 left, but Chris Humphries' layup and two foul shots by Lopez ended the rally.

The Celtics didn't hit a 3-pointer until Nate Robinson's shot late in the third quarter and finished 3 of 19 from behind the arc while the Nets hit six 3-pointers in 13 attempts.

The Nets scored 25 points off 18 Celtics turnovers. Boston, coming off a 108-88 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at home Thursday, shot 63 percent in the first quarter and had a 12-2 lead, but the Nets, led by Harris' 11 points, charged back to take a 29-27 lead at the end of the quarter.

Lopez continued to hurt the Celtics inside in the second quarter and the Boston bench struggled. Lopez's tip-in with four minutes left in the first half gave the Nets a 46-36 lead.

New Jersey led 74-64 after three quarters and then started to pull away in the fourth. Chris Douglass-Roberts' dunk upped the lead to 12 with 7:44 left and Dooling's 3-pointer gave Jersey an 18-point advantage with five minutes left.

The Celtics hope to get Pierce back for Tuesday's game against Detroit.