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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
February 9th, 2014
New Orleans Pelicans vs Brooklyn Nets
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Pelicans 81 Nets 93
The Brooklyn Nets behind a great first
half were able to knock off the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday
evening. The victory over the Pelicans moves the Nets to (23-26) on
the season, which put them just 2.5 games behind the Toronto Raptors
in the Atlantic Division.
Player of the Game: Mason Plumlee
Rookie Mason Plumlee had his best game
as a pro on Sunday night, as the young big man brought a lot of
energy for the Nets off the bench. Plumlee had a career-high 22
points on eight for 10 shooting, while doing a pretty good job
getting to the free throw line nine times, where he hit six free
throws. In addition to the career-high scoring night, Plumlee tied
his season-best 13 rebounds too. Plumlee was the recipient to Jason
Terry's 5,000th career assists on an alley oop. Plumlee
was also a factor on the defensive end, as he recorded two blocks,
one being a ferocious swat off a Jeff Withy shot, and also had three
steals to round out the best game of his career thus far.
Positives:
Plumlee wasn’t alone having a great
game off the bench, as Mirza Teletovic had a great game as well.
Teletovic was able to record a double-double despite struggling from
three-point land, where he went just one from eight. He finished with
13 points on four for 12 shooting, and grabbed 11 rebounds. Alan
Anderson also scored very well off the bench, as he added 13 points
on five for nine shooting. The Nets bench finished with 59 points
combined, easily outscoring their starters.
What gave the Nets such a huge lead
going into halftime, was their excellent defense against the
Pelicans. A 14-point first quarter was followed up by a 14-point
second quarter for the Pelicans, who entered the locker room trailing
51-28. amazingly for the first time in Nets history they won a game
with no starter scoring in double-digits, which shows how great the
defense was, and how well the bench played on Sunday night.
Negatives:
The third quarter was a scary one for
the Nets, as they started it with a 23-point lead that they quickly
saw vanish. The Pelicans were able to cut the huge deficit down to a
manageable 11-point game heading into the fourth, and if it wasn’t
for the Nets bench getting into the game, it may have been a
single-digit game heading into the fourth. The fourth quarter the
Nets were able to play much better defense after allowing more points
in the third quarter than they did in the entire first half, and held
on to a 12-point victory.
The best player on the court by far for
New Orleans was last years number one overall pick Anthony Davis, who
had a great game despite the rest of his team playing so poorly.
Davis finished with a game-high 24 points on 11 for 19 shooting, with
nine rebounds, three steals, two assists, and one block. If Eric
Gordon was ever able to provide some help for Davis this could have
been a much different game for the Pelicans.
Next up for the Nets will be a few days
off before playing the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday in Brooklyn.
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