Certainly, the schedule was favorable, with seven straight home games, but the Nets are clearly better, and they end this “home trip” with a good record of six wins for one loss. Their only setback is conceded against the Celtics who hover over the NBA this season. After starting the year with a win in six games, Brooklyn now has a 15-12 record to climb to 4th place in its conference.
Tonight, the Nets dominated the Hawks for a 9th victory in 12 games, and Ben Simmons relishes. “We know that the road is long… A lot of players come in and out of the rotation, and it changes a lot, but we stay focused on ourselves, and we build day by day. »
That night, Ben Simmons made his return after four matches in the infirmary, and it was Nic Claxton who took his place on the bench, in civilian clothes. Plucked under the panels, Brooklyn showed solidarity to win the rebound battle, and Kyrie Irving led by example with 11 catches!
“We dominated a team on the rebound! » ignites Jacque Vaughn. “We have to insist on that. We showed it to the players afterwards. There are a few very important possessions and actions that make a difference. In the end, that’s what it boils down to. We do whatever it takes to win. Whether it’s with different spins, someone going in or out, and all of the above. We have reached a stage where everyone fulfills their role to help us win. »
“Usually our principle is to focus on defensive withdrawal”
Author of 33 points to go with his 11 rebounds (including five offensive!), Kyrie Irving holds the same speech. “We do whatever it takes to win” insists the All-Star point guard. “You have to give everything and sacrifice yourself physically for the good of the team. Royce [O’Neale] took offensive rebounds and he brought out incredible balls. Usually our principle is to focus on defensive withdrawal but I’m glad he went there. We all went to the rebound, and it could have cost us dearly. But we were rewarded for it. »
Offensive rebounds and “second chances” were the difference, and Kevin Durant points to that stat. “We saw that Royce took three or four offensive rebounds in the last quarter and it was just huge. Kyrie also took two, and they were huge. How many did we take? New ! We don’t do that (usually)” recalls Kevin Durant. “But they went to the rebound, they put their noses out the window and they got some rebounds to create some extra possessions for us. It was the key and the reason why we had 3-pointers at the end. »
To be confirmed this evening for a back-to-back in Indianapolis. In the standings, the Pacers are just behind the Nets, and the winner will be 4th.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Kevin Durant | 26 | 36.9 | 55.6 | 34.2 | 91.9 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 29.8 |
| Kyrie Irving | 18 | 36.7 | 48.0 | 31.5 | 90.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 24.9 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 25 | 28.1 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 42.3 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 11.8 |
| Seth Curry | 16 | 22.8 | 46.7 | 42.0 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Royce O’Neale | 26 | 35.9 | 37.6 | 40.4 | 69.6 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 9.4 |
| Joe Harris | 24 | 26.3 | 40.1 | 37.2 | 73.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| Ben Simmons | 17 | 28.0 | 61.4 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 8.4 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 14 | 18.2 | 60.9 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
| Edmond Sumner | 21 | 15.2 | 45.2 | 28.9 | 92.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.2 |
| cam thomas | 20 | 14.4 | 35.9 | 28.0 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| Tj Warren | 3 | 15.1 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| Patty Mills | 20 | 10.9 | 42.3 | 38.2 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Markieff Morris | 15 | 10.7 | 39.1 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 15 | 7.5 | 48.4 | 75.0 | 66.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| David Duke | 13 | 7.7 | 45.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| Kessler Edwards | 12 | 3.3 | 23.1 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
