But despite their woes, Boston was able to hang with New York throughout, because, well, the Knicks weren’t all that much better, as they too were guilty of giving the ball away and hacking the opposition all night long.
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The Nets’ projected starting five hasn’t had many opportunities to work together during game action so far this preseason and that didn’t change in Wednesday night’s 109-105 loss to the Celtics at the Barclays Center. Moments later, the Knicks’ lead was up to 69-62. There’s no question they’ll be better this year than they were in 2014-15, but it’s not as if last season’s performance represents a tough act to follow. Sullinger has started 98 games over the past three years for the Celtics and has improved each season since entering the league.
Mickey only played 12 minutes, but still registered 6 points and 2 rebounds.
Jones, whom the Nets signed on September 10, spent last season with the Los Angeles Clippers.
With two weeks and four more exhibition games before the start of the season, what are we watching for now?
“As I’ve said before, it’s how the team fits – each group what they bring, what kind of energy we have, what kind of consistency we have, because this is a big decision, when you decide who starts and who doesn’t”.
“I hope not, but I didn’t mean to do that actually”, Jack said. Isaiah was impressive, shot 90 percent in the first half, while totaling 17 points along with his teammate Johnson. Crowder’s stats don’t jump off the page, but at least two of his four made field goals came on hard drives to the hoop; a relatively new element to Crowder’s game. “Just being comfortable with being aggressive and playing – and not thinking and trying to be ideal – but just playing the game”.
In his first game against National Basketball Association competition as he embarks on the final season of his rookie contract, Sullinger scored just three points on eight shots, grabbed two rebounds in 12:22 and committed four fouls. “To give ourselves a chance, we’re going to have to take advantage of our youth and athleticism”.
That’s not easy to do when dudes straight-up truck you, but hey, shouts to Jonas for getting back on the horse and continuing to grind for minutes in what looks to be an awfully crowded Celtics frontcourt rotation under head coach Brad Stevens. Our guys were confident. My intention wasn’t to do that at all, but I thought the ref did make the proper call about what happened.
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On moving forward with two preseason games left, Lopez said, “Again, you know, I think we just need to play looser and just have guys play with more confidence”. “So we’re going to keep handing the baton off and try to keep our standard of play at a high level”. The Nets played slow with their aging roster and Hollins won in Memphis with teams that grinded it out and pounded it inside, but now Brooklyn probably needs to speed it up to win. “I’ve got to get adjusted to it and we can definitely go both ways”. “I just felt, I don’t know, frustration from him”, Jerebko said. “In the second half, we came out, we were aggressive and we took the fight to them”.
