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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
January 2nd, 2014
Brooklyn Nets vs Oklahoma City Thunder
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Nets 95 Thunder 93
The Brooklyn Nets were able to pull off
their best win of the season thus far on Thursday night in Oklahoma
City with a comeback 95-93 victory over Kevin Durant and the Thunder.
The win moves the Nets to 11-21 on the season, and are five games
behind the Toronto Raptors in the Atlantic Division.
Positives:
- Nets Point Guard Deron Williams had a
fantastic game in the Nets best win of the season, as he really
carried the Nets for most of the game. Williams finished with a
game-high and season-high 29 points on 10 for 17 shooting. Williams
really was feeling it from downtown, as he had a season-high six
three-pointers on nine attempts, which included a buzzer-beater at
the end of the third quarter. If Deron Williams can play close to the
way he did on Thursday night against the Thunder the Nets can
certainly make a run in what is a wide open Atlantic Division even
without Lopez.
- With no Russell Westbrook the Nets
did a pretty good job keeping Durant's scoring to a manageable
number, as he was held to 24 points. Durant was however very
efficient shooting the ball going eight for 13 from the field, but he
did have five turnovers, and a -6 +/- on the court. Overall Jason
Kidd has to be happy with how his team did against the second best
player in the NBA.
- Brooklyn saw some good production off
the bench from two of their wing players, as Andrei Kirilenko and
Alan Anderson lead the way for the Nets bench. Kirilenko in his
second game back from the injury played 15 minutes, which was a
little more than expected, but he looked good scoring nine points on
three for three shooting, and three for four from the foul line.
Anderson was the Nets leading bench scorer with 13 points on three
for six shooting, and he also got to the free throw line a lot going
seven for nine at the line.
- Joe Johnson was having a very quiet
game up until the fourth quarter when like last season he was called
upon to deliver a clutch shot with the game tied at 93. Johnson who
had ice in his veins so many times last year did it again tonight
with the buzzer-beater to shock the heavily favored Thunder as time
expired. Johnson finished the game scoring only nine points on four
for 11 shooting, and was one for six from three-point range.
Negatives:
- The only negative for the Nets in
their best win of the season was the disastrous second quarter, which
was the reason for the great come from behind win. Brooklyn was more
than doubled in the quarter, as the Thunder scored 33 points to the
Nets 15. In the quarter the Nets only had three field goals, as the
lopsided quarter could have been even worse for Brooklyn. They
however outscore the Thunder in every other quarter, but when a team
has a quarter like the Nets did in the second it makes it tough to
win, and is certainly a thing the Nets wont want to see moving
forward.
Next up for the Nets will be a trip
back home for a very winnable game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on
Saturday January 4th.
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