Complete schedule for Celtics-Nets first-round series revealed originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
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The Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets will begin their first-round NBA playoff series Saturday night at Barclays Center.
The schedule for this best-of-7 series was released late Wednesday night.
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Here are the dates and times for each game:
| Game | Date | Away | Home | Time (ET) |
| 1 | Saturday, May 22 | Celtics | Nets | 8 p.m. |
| 2 | Sunday, May 25 | Celtics | Nets | 7:30 p.m. |
| 3 | Friday, May 28 | Nets | Celtics | 8:30 p.m. |
| 4 | Sunday, May 30 | Nets | Celtics | 7 p.m. |
| 5* | Tuesday, June 1 | Celtics | Nets | TBD |
| 6* | Thursday, June 3 | Nets | Celtics | TBD |
| 7* | Saturday, June 5 | Celtics | Nets | TBD |
| *If necessary |
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The Nets are heavy favorites in this series, and it's easy to understand why.
They finished the regular season with the No. 2 record in the Eastern Conference despite not having their superstar trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving healthy and in the lineup for many games. There's a good chance all three will be ready for the series opener, and they will pose plenty of matchup problems for the Celtics.
The C's earned the No. 7 seed after beating the Washington Wizards in the NBA play-in tournament Tuesday night. Jayson Tatum scored 50 points for the Celtics in the win, and they'll need several more dominant performances from the All-Star forward to make this Round 1 series a competitive one.
