Rookie point guard JR Bremer learned to equate transition with speed after one playoff game against the Nets.

Bremer and Celtics starter Tony Delk were given the impossible task of task of containing New Jersey point guard Jason Kidd and limiting the Nets' fast-break opportunities in Monday night's 97-93 loss in the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Continental Airlines Arena.

The teams will confront each other again tonight at the Meadowlands.