Following the loss, 109-103, in Game 3 of their first-round series against the Boston Celtics before 18,175 at Barclays Center on Saturday night, the Brooklyn Nets fall into a huge 3-0 hole.

After the game, the Nets star Kyrie Irving, who is a Muslim, talked on Ramadan fasting possibly affecting his play: “When I step into this building, I don’t want any excuses on my name … in terms of my play and stuff like that, I just got to do better.”