BOSTON — Egor Dëmin was pressured out of Tuesday’s additional time loss in Boston with a proper leg contusion.

The Nets guard downplayed any worries over the harm afterward.

“I’ll be good,” Dëmin said. “I mean, it’s nothing serious, so I’ll be ready to go.”

Dëmin left the recreation in the first half and didn’t return.

After showing to knock legs with Paul George while defending the latter’s drive, the Russian guard came up hobbling on Brooklyn’s ensuing possession.

Dëmin checked out with 2:22 left in the half, limped into the locker room and was dominated out for the relaxation of the evening shortly thereafter.

“I just got kneed in the muscle/bone area … Now it feels better than it did right then. I think I’ll be ready in a couple of days,” Dëmin said. “It was when [George] was driving by me, we ended up hitting each other’s legs kind of, yeah.”

Egor Dëmin, who later left the recreation with a proper leg contusion, slams house a dunk during the Nets’ 125-124 additional time loss to the Celtics on Oct. 27, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston. NBAE via Getty Images

After getting lit up from deep and having one of the worst defenses in the league coming into Tuesday evening, the Nets held Boston — the NBA’s finest 3-point capturing crew — to 11 of 41 from deep.

They lost, but it’s an encouraging signal.

“Yeah, it’s one game. I don’t know. Percentages come and go,” Jordi Fernández said. “I think that we were on level with our coverages and we performed a fairly full recreation. So other than that, I don’t see the numbers in a certain means because we’ve only performed 4 video games and even if it’s still the course of of getting higher and studying.

“So yeah, I’m happy that they shot 26 percent. I still think that we contested the 3s for the most part. I got to look at the numbers and teams that shoot that well, sometimes you contest them and they still make them. So to answer your question, I’m happy with the defense, but regardless of [whether] the shots went in or not.”

The Nets recreation Tuesday at TD Garden marked the first time they’d confronted Boston since the Celtics traded away Jaylen Brown.

It was a seismic deal that shifted the steadiness of energy in the Eastern Conference.

And though Brown ended up in star-studded Philadelphia (with LeBron James, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey), he could’ve landed in Brooklyn.

The Nets made a choice based mostly on their evaluation of the expertise. Boston listened to all affords around the league and went with the 76ers.