BOSTON — Thirty-nine thoughts for 39 Kemba Walker points in the Celtics’ 121-110 win over the Brooklyn Nets, on the night Kyrie Irving didn’t come back to Boston.



1. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts wanted a piece of Kyrie Irving on Wednesday night. “Kyrie sucks” and “where is Ky-rie” chants cascaded from the rafters inside TD Garden arena. Posters with Irving’s face and the word “coward” where plastered to light poles outside the arena. And while Irving wasn’t even in the building because of a shoulder pinch, his replacement on the Celtics, Kemba Walker, who looked like he broke his neck Friday, somehow managed a season-high 39 points in 31 minutes.



2. The Walker-Irving contrast underlined the point Boston’s fans wanted to make to Irving, if he’d been there. We’re better off without you.



3. “We were 6-2 to start the year last year,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens...