After spoiling the debut of the Suns' “Big Three” the day before, were the Nets going to be able to afford the reigning champion at home, where he has only lost one game since the start of the season? The first half, finished with just 39 points, offers a fairly clear answer: surely not.
Coming to win against a great Nikola Jokic, in Colorado, was too difficult a mission for Jacque Vaughn's men.
“The group was tired. This back-to-back was rough”confides the Nets coach for the New York Post. “I don't like to use that as an excuse, but I told the guys our intentions were good going into the game. But we didn't have the legs, and against a rested and ready team, we couldn't get out of it. »
Brooklyn therefore logically lost by 20 points against the Nuggets. “I said: I’m not using that as an excuse. But these trips are complicated. We played a match with a lot of emotion in Phoenix, physically and mentally”insists Jacque Vaughn.
A match already lost in advance?
Especially since coming to Denver for a second game in two days is never a gift. The proof: since the 2018/19 season, the teams who come to play the second meeting of a back-to-back in the Rockies have had a meager record of 8 victories for 28 defeats.
“We played two of the best teams in the league in two days, so it’s always difficult. And then there is the altitude”summarizes Spencer Dinwiddie. “I think we had good intentions, but we failed to implement them. We lost too many balls and they shot well. »
The Nets are therefore not totally dejected at having lost this meeting. They prefer to focus on the end of their “road trip” with the Warriors and the Jazz.
“If we look at the calendar, it was probably lost in advance, right? “, asks Spencer Dinwiddie when talking about this trip to Denver. “So it’s like we’re at 1-1 right now. (defeat in Sacramento, victory in Phoenix) and we're going to go to Golden State and Utah to try to come away with two successes. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Cam Thomas | 14 | 31.2 | 43.8 | 35.6 | 85.9 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 23.4 |
| Mikal Bridges | 23 | 35.0 | 48.6 | 38.3 | 86.6 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 23.0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 22 | 31.6 | 40.1 | 33.6 | 78.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| Cameron Johnson | 16 | 29.5 | 46.0 | 39.4 | 84.6 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| Lonnie Walker | 17 | 21.3 | 48.9 | 46.3 | 76.3 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 14 | 27.5 | 64.6 | 100.0 | 59.4 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 11.9 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 22 | 30.6 | 48.1 | 44.4 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 11.0 |
| Royce O'Neale | 22 | 28.2 | 38.7 | 40.3 | 58.3 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 8.1 |
| Trendon Watford | 16 | 14.5 | 53.6 | 31.3 | 94.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 6.9 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 23 | 15.6 | 55.9 | 0.0 | 61.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| Dennis Smith | 13 | 17.6 | 42.5 | 31.8 | 85.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| Ben Simmons | 6 | 31.8 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 6.5 |
| Harry Giles | 4 | 5.3 | 71.4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Armoni Brooks | 6 | 8.2 | 38.9 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Dariq Whitehead | 1 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Jalen Wilson | 3 | 3.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Noah Clowney | 1 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
