Nets Defensive Freelancing Ruins Marquee Matchup With Grizzlies
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It’s hard enough to play defense in the NBA given the supreme talents of so many players. You have to be focused, energetic, and understand your assignments. The Nets were none of those things in Monday’s 134-124 defeat in Memphis. In a game that embodied NBA Entertainment, with two players on each team (Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving for Brooklyn; Ja Morant and Desmond Bane for Memphis—the first time in NBA history for a regulation game) dropping over 35 points through wondrous shotmaking, it was the Nets’ gross negligence on the defensive end that made the difference, particularly in the second half.
Nets Defensive Freelancing Ruins Marquee Matchup With Grizzlies
Nets Defensive Freelancing Ruins Marquee…
Nets Defensive Freelancing Ruins Marquee Matchup With Grizzlies
It’s hard enough to play defense in the NBA given the supreme talents of so many players. You have to be focused, energetic, and understand your assignments. The Nets were none of those things in Monday’s 134-124 defeat in Memphis. In a game that embodied NBA Entertainment, with two players on each team (Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving for Brooklyn; Ja Morant and Desmond Bane for Memphis—the first time in NBA history for a regulation game) dropping over 35 points through wondrous shotmaking, it was the Nets’ gross negligence on the defensive end that made the difference, particularly in the second half.