Their arena is nice, but the disrepair of the Brooklyn Nets was on full display at the Barclays Center on Tuesday as the Nets squandered a solid first-half lead and fell to the Miami Heat 102-98.
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Year Two saw six teams make the tournament, but top-seeded Villanova lost in the round of 32 for the second straight season and only Xavier advanced to a regional semifinal.
The Heat used Winslow as a point guard in his first summer league game, and got back to that Monday. Wade had a magnificent game, scoring 28 points with seven rebounds, five assists and one block, finishing with a plus/minus ratio of plus-14 in 34 minutes.
“I was targeting a month ago if it was up to me”, said McRoberts, who has been out since December 10 with a bruised right knee. “It will never get old”. Luol Deng then found a cutting Wade backdoor for the layup while he was fouled, and he made the free throw. As noted already, his defense in the final minutes was clutch and won the game for Miami as much as Wade’s shooting. With Wade slowly dribbling down time, he had Pau Gasol draped all over him. After Gasol missed a fadeaway jump shot on the next possession, Wade drilled a 21-foot jump shot to increase Miami’s lead to 88-84 with 22.9 seconds to go.
Brooklyn backup SG Wayne Ellington scored a season-high 26 points and matched a career best with seven 3-pointers in the win over Miami.
“I’m getting closer, man”, he said. “But I’m in a good spot, hopeful for what’s coming ahead”. “It’s always special being back in this building”. Udrih, who was sidelined with a neck injury, was the playmaker they missed in losses to the Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Butler finished with just 13 points on 5 of 15 field goals. Shot blocking phenom Hassan Whiteside (strained left hip) and point guard Goran Dragic (strained left calf) were ruled out hours before tip-off.
“He’s been given the green light”, coach Erik Spoelstra said of Deng’s status for Monday.
“Our guys have been approaching it, but we need to play better basketball”. We had to gut it out.
Eventually, the Heat got things together.
Bulls: Visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.
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“It’s a challenging position, but you find true character in people and teams when they’re facing adversity, and let’s see how this team responds”, Gasol said. It’s not going to be easy. If Rose can’t play, Aaron Brooks would likely start with Kirk Hinrich (quad) and E’Twuan Moore (hamstring) hurting, and he’d be someone to consider as a punt play in DFS.
