GAME DAY, BALA! GAME 69: SPURS AT NETS, 12-5-2021, 7PM (CT)

Post #1 » by **G R E Y** » Wed May 12, 2021 3:53 pm

Fresh off a wonderful comeback performance and a dominant team win, we embark to the north east for the first of a back-to-back versus a strong team on the second night of a back-to-back. Catching them off guard with our best play continuing to surge is the sole goal. Even if the are depleted in the back court, we must be vigilant about their front court, too. We have a lot riding on this game: win, and we earn a spot in the play-in. Our full team game can get it done.

WHERE: Barclays Arena, Brooklyn, NY

WHEN: Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 7pm (CT)

EARN THE STRIPES MODE: Keep rising!

GO SPURS GO!!!

ducler · Post #2 » by **ducler** » Wed May 12, 2021 6:09 pm

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Prokorov · Post #3 » by **Prokorov** » Wed May 12, 2021 6:51 pm

No one is sleeping on the spurs in netsland. we had this circled as the toughest game down the stretch. this is a must-win game for the Nets. should be all hands on deck and going all out for a win. i expect playoff intensity.

imagump1313 · Post #4 » by **imagump1313** » Thu May 13, 2021 12:26 am

We don't beat anyone unless we are hitting a lot of contested threes.

I have money on the Spurs to cover so you are almost assured of a blowout win...

Post #5 » by **G R E Y** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:19 am

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Got it close at the half after getting down early then chasing their heels.

DeMar should stop dribbling into congested key. He keeps lose the ball in his feet.

Other than that, let's do what Gump called for - blow by them with a barrage of made 3s!!!

Post #6 » by **G R E Y** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:56 am

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Well from the what I saw of the 3RD Q, we made some good plays, fought well for rebounds, Devin moved well off ball to get into open spaces, but it was part of a pattern in which we start slow and get behind, fight back well, start slow again, only to finish strong but can't catch up. It wasn't always the case this season. At our best, we've imposed our game from the start, ous 2ND Q's were our best defensively, and we finished strong as our 4TH Q's were our best offensively.

But along the way through a turbulent season, the patterns are more akin to today's game than yesterday's or those of the past. Post-game Pop was frustrated with our lack consistency which for various reasons has fluctuated this season. Despite the ups and downs of the season, we shouldn't Jekyll and Hyde out way through one game and another at this point of the season.

We went from seven in double figures last game to four in total, from all five starters to two. Many were open looks that just didn't go down. Now last game was as a rare outlier in terms of our very best scoring. We poured in 17 3s whereas in this one we shot 8-31. It's not that we're expected to score over 140 points every game. And we did outpace them 101-79(!) yet they still scored 128 on us. So our young guys who finished the 4TH Q helped win the Q and brought us to within a respectable range. Pop praised the group that finished the game, saying if we'd have hustled as they did we could have had a different result.

I like that we outpaced them (though we have to mak it work for us) and that we out-rebounded them. But a 33-21 advantage of theirs in assists - Pop said we had none in the first half -- is this true?! -- and the factors that contributed to it need a pattern shift, one where we're resolute, and focused, and responsible for ourselves and for one another. One more win and we're in the play-in. We have to push through for it.

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