“The Nets are relaunching in the race for the “play-in” in the East”. Even if it was not false at the time, this title of one of our articles has aged very badly, in just two days. Brooklyn had then just beaten the Hawks twice in a row. Two crucial victories to reduce the gap with Atlanta, holder of tenth place in the East, the last qualifier for the “play-in”.
In the process, the Nets hosted the Grizzlies, decimated with only nine active players and who remained on five consecutive defeats. A golden opportunity to confirm. An opportunity wasted by a narrow defeat…
“You pay when you're not focused. We have to be better,” summary Cam Johnson. “When we enter the battle, we don’t stop fighting. So if we stop, then we are knocked out,” laments coach Kevin Ollie. “It starts with me, the staff, the players. We are no longer fighting and it is not possible. We're not talented enough for that. »
Paying for victories with your sweat
The defense was not sharp enough, leaving space for Luke Kennard, being dominated on the rebound as well, and the 9-0 in the last quarter finished the job. The Nets were disappointing, period.
“Our effort was not enough to win and it costs us in every match,” confirms the coach. “We didn't do enough to win. To win, you have to pay. It takes effort, energy, playing together. That requires something. We let opportunities slip through our fingers. »
Symbol of this failed meeting: Mikal Bridges. The Nets leader finished with 14 points at 4/14 shooting. “I take my share of responsibility, which is great, on both sides of the field”reacts the former Suns. “I wasn’t good. It's boring but you have to be ready for the next match. »
And if our article was out of date in just two days, then perhaps the disappointment of this setback can be forgotten in a few hours, with a victory this Tuesday night against Philadelphia. For the moment, Brooklyn is 2.5 successes behind Atlanta.
“We need to win every game, especially games like this, with absentees. So this defeat hurts. We have to forget about it and get ready for this Tuesday”concludes Nic Claxton.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Mikal Bridges | 60 | 35.1 | 44.7 | 35.7 | 82.3 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 21.2 |
| Cam Thomas | 48 | 29.8 | 43.7 | 36.0 | 83.9 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 20.9 |
| Cameron Johnson | 47 | 28.0 | 45.4 | 39.9 | 77.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 13.8 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 48 | 30.7 | 39.1 | 32.0 | 78.1 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 12.6 |
| Dennis Schroder | 9 | 26.8 | 41.2 | 52.5 | 54.5 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.3 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 50 | 29.3 | 62.1 | 25.0 | 56.5 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 11.8 |
| Lonnie Walker | 40 | 17.9 | 44.5 | 42.1 | 77.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 51 | 27.8 | 41.9 | 36.8 | 67.9 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 8.6 |
| Royce O'neale | 49 | 24.5 | 38.8 | 36.6 | 68.2 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 7.4 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 45 | 15.7 | 58.6 | 36.4 | 61.8 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 7.4 |
| Keon Johnson | 4 | 12.8 | 36.8 | 44.4 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Dennis Smith | 44 | 19.7 | 42.8 | 27.7 | 74.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 6.8 |
| Ben Simmons | 15 | 23.9 | 58.1 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Trendon Watford | 43 | 11.6 | 54.1 | 36.8 | 89.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 5.9 |
| Jalen Wilson | 22 | 14.1 | 46.3 | 43.8 | 90.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| Armoni Brooks | 10 | 10.4 | 32.6 | 34.4 | 50.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Noah Clowney | 7 | 9.9 | 61.1 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| Harry Giles | 16 | 5.1 | 50.0 | 27.3 | 53.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Keita Bates Diop | 7 | 5.9 | 60.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| Dariq Whitehead | 2 | 12.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
