Tuesday was an example of season late season that Nets have legs working to build.
The five bank players scored in double figures.
Drew Timme scored 16 points and nine rebounds, while Maxwell Lewis continued to find his game with 12 points after wasting time with a fracture of the left lukewarm suffered in January. 1 After arriving from the Lakers.
Reece Beekman, who made his second beginning of the NBA, distributed 10 assists in his career.
Dariq Whitehead caused the lateral line of the Nets to go crazy, since he made four consecutive triples in the second quarter.
Tyson Etienne left in the air while pursuing a loose ball, jumping on the seats of the court cleanly in the second row.
The crowd of Barclays Center saw a young animated team work towards a 119-114 victory over the Pelicans, lending a positive signal for the low season.
“I think everyone’s commitment is good. You don’t see anyone yawning …” said coach Jordi Fernández after victory. “See Day’ron [Sharpe] On his feet all the time. Dl [D’Angelo Russell] Talking to the boys. Cam Johnson talking about a play and then Nic [Claxton]He played 17 minutes for 13 points, did a great job, but it is good that these other boys close games. And Nic is standing and talking to them. The same with Trendon [Watford]. The same with everyone else.
“And I think that is the definition of what we are trying to build and do it together and build those relationships and that chemistry.”
The Nets have been trying to find an identity for seasonal seasons after the rupture of the 3 Big 3 – Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, who could not deliver the franchise their first NBA championship.
With the franchise in Tanque mode, the Nets have the legs capable of evaluating their depth players, since they have significant minutes in the final stretch of the season to see who could stay to turn the franchise into something new.
“I think for obvious reasons we are reaching a really importer summer and it will be exciting,” said Fernández. “I, at least, I’m very excited because it’s like continuity. That’s what we don’t do because doing something in a season and then starting. This is a good start. These guys are driving it. They possess that we want to be.”
