In his mind, the Brooklyn Nets never saw it coming.
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“He’s done it as well as anyone can do it as far as present career and post, so you’re always kind of watching”, James said.
“I thought we made the effort the whole game”, Blatt said. I work on those shots. And I just floated it up. They will play the Wizards in Washington on Saturday, then return home to host the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. But it didn’t come easy. James shot 4-of-13 and scored a season-low 12 points in the back end of team’s first back-to-back and committed a season-high seven turnovers in its second set.
After Joe Johnson’s three foul shots tied the game with 15.2 seconds left, the Cavaliers called timeout and took the ball at midcourt. Smith got caught in a screen and tried to recover, but couldn’t slow down and crashed into Johnson. The Nets did not hit a field goal in the final 4:54, though Johnson hit five free throws.
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Averaging 10.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, any rust Thompson might have had has chipped away.
The Brooklyn Nets need a big win here after losing seven of their last 10 games. “We needed them”, Lowry said. He and Jones stressed accountability and bringing the same sense of urgency to the floor every night. Lebron James, Kevin Love, and Kyrie Irving are a formidable combination. “That’s the nature of the game”.
The Hornets struggled in the fourth quarter, shooting 7 of 24 from the field.
Forward Paul George scored 33 points, while guard C.J. Miles scored 16 first-half points as the Indiana Pacers grabbed control early on their way to a 104-92 victory over the Chicago Bulls. He got help from Kevin Love, who also had 26 points, but aside from Love, the Cavs shot 3-16 from three-point range. “Obviously the way we’ve been playing, a lot is predicated on my health and being able to lead these guys out on the floor and not from the sidelines”. This was one of them.
“Me and him have similar mindsets”, Carroll said. Which coach gets credit for Warriors wins? “I don’t talk about it or anything like that, we shoot them in practice and you’ve just got to go play with what you have and who you are and not worry about all that other stuff”.
Eastern Conference teams meet as the Cleveland Cavaliers travel to the Time Warner Cable Arena to face the Charlotte Hornets.
Last year’s Hornets team made a cameo appearance Friday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is not a good thing. Nets coach Lionel Hollins immediately noticed his improved physique.
“I was watching the tape and I had to ask who that was because he looks like he’s in better shape”.
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“Those five we had out there were rolling in the fourth quarter”, Love said.
