Bad Way To Start A Vacation
The losing continues, out west this time where the Nets are supposedly better.
You give up 120 points to a team struggling to average 92, and you give up 19 points in OT, you're not a very good team. Five losses out of six would probably confirm that.
The Nets led most of the way but let the Clips hang around. Surprisingly, the defense disappeard in the last six minutes of the fourth plus OT. NJ had a comfortable 5 point lead with 2:43 to play, then they couldn't get a stop if their life depended on it. Don't let the late comeback from 5 down fool you - this was over the minute the Nets left Corey Maggette open for a big three with :45 to play.
Josh Boone did a great job on Chris Kamen, plus got 17 points and 16 rebounds. Sean Williams was good as well, with 11 points, 11 boards and 6 blocks, but why couldn't the Nets deal with a rookie (Al Thornton)?
Marcus Williams also provided a big lift by playing nearly the entire second quarter and getting 17 points for the game. Points the Nets desperately need on this trip, since Boki Nachbar is no longer someone to count on off the bench.
The Big Three struggled again (Kidd was ok with 10 and 11 but he was -17, and could do nothing right late, RJ continues to look shaky, and Carter was gone for large parts of this one, and horrible defensively), and without them, well, it's a crap shoot at best.
And the living gets tougher tonight - the Suns inPhoenix. The Nets will wish they didn't blow one of the easier games on this trip, because it's Suns/Kings/Warriors this week before ending with Nuggets and T-Wolves next weekend.
The game review will have to wait until tonight - a scrimmage at West Point for the 4th graders awaits (my son's team got the monkey off their backs with a big 2 point come from behind win yesterday afternoon).
Joe
You give up 120 points to a team struggling to average 92, and you give up 19 points in OT, you're not a very good team. Five losses out of six would probably confirm that.
The Nets led most of the way but let the Clips hang around. Surprisingly, the defense disappeard in the last six minutes of the fourth plus OT. NJ had a comfortable 5 point lead with 2:43 to play, then they couldn't get a stop if their life depended on it. Don't let the late comeback from 5 down fool you - this was over the minute the Nets left Corey Maggette open for a big three with :45 to play.
Josh Boone did a great job on Chris Kamen, plus got 17 points and 16 rebounds. Sean Williams was good as well, with 11 points, 11 boards and 6 blocks, but why couldn't the Nets deal with a rookie (Al Thornton)?
Marcus Williams also provided a big lift by playing nearly the entire second quarter and getting 17 points for the game. Points the Nets desperately need on this trip, since Boki Nachbar is no longer someone to count on off the bench.
The Big Three struggled again (Kidd was ok with 10 and 11 but he was -17, and could do nothing right late, RJ continues to look shaky, and Carter was gone for large parts of this one, and horrible defensively), and without them, well, it's a crap shoot at best.
And the living gets tougher tonight - the Suns inPhoenix. The Nets will wish they didn't blow one of the easier games on this trip, because it's Suns/Kings/Warriors this week before ending with Nuggets and T-Wolves next weekend.
The game review will have to wait until tonight - a scrimmage at West Point for the 4th graders awaits (my son's team got the monkey off their backs with a big 2 point come from behind win yesterday afternoon).
Joe
posted by Joe Netsfan at 8:52 AM
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