Coming into this season, outside shooting and rebounding concerned the Nets and looked like Achilles’ heels. On Monday, it was everything else.
Jacque Vaughn looking for right times to play two key Nets togetherRookie Noah Clowney has a lot to learn about the NBA, and the Nets have a lot of ways to teach himThe Nets got beat, 127-119, by Philadelphia in their penultimate preseason game before 14,966 at Barclays Center.“I said to some assistant coaches earlier today is I really want this team to be known for playing hard, and that starts now,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn had warned beforehand.
Yes, without Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, they hit from deep, and they stood toe-to-toe on the boards with the Joel Embiid-less 76ers. “ looks very good. He looks in shape. He looks confident, very aggressive. And it looks like they’ve got a package of stuff in for him. So it looks like he’s ready to go,” said 76ers coach Nick Nurse, who had his team prepared. “They’re really good at the drive-and-kick, spread-you-out game. They’ve got a lot of wings and a lot of shooters. They’ve got a lot of guys that can take it off the bounce, and that is certainly a system that they’re playing.
Spencer Dinwiddie hit a 3-pointer, and after Simmons swiped the ball from Paul Reed, he cruised in for a dunk to cut the lead to 106-99 with 7:35 to play.Armoni Brooks hit a 3-pointer to pull the Nets to within 110-104 with 4:31 remaining, but that’s as close as it got.
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