Brooklyn NETS vs Phoenix SUNS Live PLAY-BY-PLAY (NBA Season 23/24)

Brooklyn NETS vs Phoenix SUNS Live PLAY-BY-PLAY (NBA Season 23/24)

Hello and welcome back way stream it is the Nets taking on Phoenix welcome back everyone this is game number 47 of 82 it is KD’s return to Brooklyn it is an opport to win three in a row um Ben is out yeah Ben is out um just after well there was plenty of

Reason to Hype him up after playing a very very good game the other day unfortunately this guy is that made of glass that he can’t even withstand one fall to the ground he’s that made of glass we we have an interesting game today first and foremost this is the

Starting five for Phoenix and the starting five for the Nets is right here here Spencer dwy cam Thomas starts uh Bridges blackton Johnson all starters as well um no finy Smith still if I get the injury report up um it is dayon still out it is DK Whitehead out for the

Season um Ben Simmons out with knee contusion and Vinnie Smith with the ankle sprain so um that is the five um five players for both teams um and the injury report for the Nets um the other day well we didn’t get to stream it um and regrettably because it was Ben Simmons’s return

Um we scored 147 points which is just unprecedented ridiculous um um interestingly enough we’re two and five in our last seven games but we’re deal with a number of good stats when number one in steals in January um with eight and a half so the switch defense is working um we have the

Fifth best defensive rating in this stretch of seven games the 15th best offensive rating um however because of the defense the rebounding has dipped to 27 um so it shouldn’t be it shouldn’t be that like that sort of correlation shouldn’t happen um we should be able to hold up

The rebounding um you know as as much as the switch defense May sort of compromise that a little bit um cam Thomas has had 14 games with 30 points this season but every single single one of those um has a has has a troop uh true shooting percentage of 60% or more

So not only is he scoring um with a high volume of points but he is also scoring at a super efficient rate when that happens so if if that’s an indication of anything it’s that cam Thomas has to score 30 every game and with him starting um I’ll get the uh starting

Five back up um with him starting you know he’s in the best position to potentially reach that Mark um Ben Simmons had a shockingly good stat line um on return we also um had 41 assists that is only the third time since the turn of the Millennium that um the Nets have handed

Out 40 or more assists and um amazingly enough in the 22 game stretch where we only won five games we were 26th in Fast Break points with only 12 a game but when Ben was playing and we had that burst of 14 or so points in 2 minutes

Baned six dimes in the first quarter the Nets had 13 fast break points so if that doesn’t scream um this team looking a completely different side with Ben in it then I don’t know what does so all we can do is pray that he is all

Good and ready to go um for Nets Philly on the weekend we’re going to miss him um a big deal a great deal um today and with finny Smith out you would suspect that we are terribly undersized for this match um this one’s going to be starting very very shortly I

Think no this game is on ABC but it’s also on um netson yes so you know um we’re in the spotlight the last time we were were on national TV we ended up smoking the Lakers but obviously the suns are a different sort of proposition that team is very

Difficult to sort of deal with um I really hope the game hasn’t started I don’t think it has um but yeah it’s um it’s going to be a tough one but the last time we did play Phoenix uh we limped to the finish line but we did get the job done Kevin Durant

Sort of threw the game by committing an intentional foul when there absolutely absolutely was no reason to um so we won that game 112 100 or 116 112 interestingly enough the game prior to that the Suns beat us 116 112 So the same score line just a flipping of rolls and then the

Game before that we lost 117 112 So in the last three meetings there has been a team that has scored 112 points um and it’s always been the losing side the winning team has won um with a score of 116 or 117 points so if that’s an indication of anything just get 116

Points and you’ll win the game because the opposition will be scoring 112 so there hasn’t been too many floggings in recent memory with these two teams um why is Ben out Ben is out um because of a knee contusion man just like I think he was trying to

Get a rebound and he just climbed over and landed on his back um I don’t know who the player was that he climbed over essentially um but he landed and you could see him rubbing his knee but bro if you’re if you’re getting knocked out for a game because of something as

Innocuous as that I mean it was a hard fall but I mean that just probably demonstrates how fragile this guy is and um I mean there’s no secret that this team is far better with him in the team than without him it’s just the problem of well having to a manage his minutes

Because he only played 18 minutes the other day and he was playing garbage time sort of I don’t think it’s jv’s fault for for playing him in that time you know that is a good stage of the game to sort of get a few extra minutes

Under his belt when the game is sort of a little bit less pressed um and you know you can sort of play at a bit of a slower um pace and and be a bit more conservative I think that was yeah the right time for him to play it’s just

Like he’s that injury prone that no matter what you do how much you play how conservative you are with the approach this guy just doesn’t know how to stay fit and healthy so it is what it is um Kevin Durant did get a tribute video he didn’t want one

But he’s going to get one any anyway um which probably talks about the net franchise as a whole not really listening to KD I think that may be a um probably an indication of how things ended up going whether it was for right or wrong um you know Katie was a player

That you really couldn’t have [ __ ] up the relationship with and um we eventually did it was just untenable so KD is going to get a round of applause I’d imagine there’s a fair few Phoenix fans in the building as well um there is a lot of people in the

House for this one I mean you probably still have some fans like KD stands that are freshly removed um from supporting the Nets now following the Sun so it’s sort of a win-win type scenario here for both franchises in terms of you know the representation this sort of game will

Get it’s on National TV as well so lot of people watching this one lot of eyes on this game Gabriel welcome to the stream it’s been a minute I was really disappointed you didn’t call the Jazz game unfortunately couldn’t get in front of the the PC to

Call that one as much as I was watching it as much as I could um like I did watch the full replay because I sort of felt obligated to Um yeah wasn’t able to get in front well look even though Ben Simmons is out I feel like a lot of players are riding a bit of a positive wave of momentum that game the other day was just so good to watch ball movement players playing their role and not

Looking overwhelmed by the burden I think the cam Thomas inclusion into the starting lineup has allowed us to have a little bit more balance um I do feel with what we’re getting out of the starting lineup offense looks a lot better cuz maau looks a little bit Freer it’s almost like his you

Know I mean his back probably feels a lot better but in um a more fictional sense his back feels better because he’s not carrying this team on offense should I say because he wasn’t really carrying this team on defense no one was anyway we’re underway and it’s Spencer diwy who

Has the responsibility of guarding KD which I’m not sure about and already to dwy picks up a foul trying to navigate through the nurkic screen so I I really don’t understand why we don’t play a little bit taller um like dwy or Johnson one of those two

Had to not play tonight in the starting lineup cuz you’re just way too small Gordon is starting that’s a good pass to nurkic he just lost the ball and he flung it out of bounds and it will be Nets ball so so the Nets um the other day forced a crap ton of

Turnovers they had 25 fast break points and to go with 25 Second Chance points so that’s the first time that’s happened this season over 10 steals nearly 10 blocks it was a great defensive performance helped fuel the 147 points Johnson out to dwy Booker has no headband three to

Shoot dwy gets through got to get one up Claxton as the shot clock expires well worked the dump off by D witty the defender was drawn Clon an easy uncontested Jam first two points of the game go the way of the Brooklyn Nets they’re going to feed KD in the

Post D witty picks him up Bridges comes over over with the help Booker gets through that two is off and the rebound is secured by Bridges after nurkic slammed it into the floor trying to secure it Johnson blackon in the middle back to Johnson wide open to cuz nurkic

Is playing drop and that is too too easy and four nothing Nets to start things off so a good good start nurkic they’re looking for Kaden again they’re going to give it to Booker instead who’s guarded by his former teammate Bridges now the switch Claxton picks him up Booker shoots the step back

Two doesn’t get the bounce nurkic with the board and it’s knocked away so Johnson with the active hands and I thought with the offensive rebound secured they were going to get an easy to given we had the two cams under the basket the two guys I would not trust

With playing defense under any circumstance but they they did pretty well Booker from the inbounds on the move the two was lined up and he misses so he’s missed his first three Johnson up top the screen by Claxton CLA rolls gets into the paint shoots off the

Window and doesn’t get the angle the rebound by Beal he’s going to drive stop pull up and score that’s their first two on the board it’s taken a couple minutes to do so uh but that would be good for the Suns to see in terms of the ball going

Through the hoop CU you don’t really want to start in the slump Thomas he’s got nurkic on him two Defenders drawn Johnson is open on the wing got to hit those he misses I don’t think he missed the three the other day so already going a bit worse KD stripped

Of the ball by dwiti however he was off balance and fell out of play so defense prevailing early on when it comes to a the Nets perspective so 4-2 KD on the inbounds shoots over the top and misses but the long rebound by Beal nkic will hand it

Off to KD the Roll by nurkic You have no numbers and you’re going to have to be a little bit better than that especially with a terribly small lineup you can’t be allowing the switch that easily there’s certain times you use the switch that time is not one of those

Situations cam Thomas moves through and somehow squares up and scores that is a crazy bit of work done there by cam Thomas the square up Beal changes Direction on the cut the kick out to Booker to the corner for Gordon the three is well off and the rebound by

Claxton so from the outside they haven’t been ideal Laxon the layup is good and KD had no answer and that’s capitalizing on the early offense all those benefits you get and now nurkic nearly lost the ball then did lose the ball Bridges getss it to Claxton nurkic oh wow that

Is well a very good bit of work by dbook to stop Claxton I thought that was a regulation dunk for him and um well unfortunately for the Nets they weren’t able to capitalize for the second consecutive possession in transition instead they’ll have to do things in the

Half court and they give it to cam Thomas blackon open under the basket and there was a lot of miscommunication two players were following Cam and nkit was one of those thus leaving Claxton open under the basket the Nets are up 104 it’s been a very very positive start to

Open things and um can’t complain all right if you are enjoying this one early on make sure to drop a like And subscribe to the channel if you’re new we’ll be back for Nets Billy on Sunday Saturday night wherever you are hopefully Ben is back um I think

Embiid would be out for some time with that hyperextended knee if he comes back in like 3 days it’s Mira miraculous Max is also out so potentially another opportunity for a dub um that’s provided his not healthy um right now though the Nets have started very very positively

Um and they have a nice early six-point lead nice little lead by half of dozen Claxton has got six so that’s going to be an interesting battle um La has taken five shots already so um to go with the steel six points um and can’t really complain uh two

Points for cam an assist for Cam he’s done a pretty good job early on as well um and even though the net haven’t shot threes they’re getting the looks that are been given to them and they’re capitalizing and they’re recognizing um that there is that opportunity presented to them I do like

This version of maau where he hasn’t taken a shot yet um I do imagine JV may try to get him more involved but um as long as cam Thomas is running the offense you see that Mel can get his points um equally if not more effectively when he has the basketball

Less so um Cham really optimizes those chances the Phoenix they’re two of nine Kevin Durant is one of well 0 of one actually um and he has been stripped of the basketball a couple times Devon Booker yet to score beer scored his first shot and nurkic with even though

Two offensive rebounds two two turnovers as well so um not the most ideal of starts for Phoenix but um if you look at things from a Net’s perspective that is exactly what you want to see um out of this team even though we’re playing a far smaller

Lineup you don’t want to make those excuses um so yeah situation looking not too bad at the moment um but obviously we’re not even 4 minutes into the game so don’t don’t jump the gun hold your horses um all righty J up you know what’s so depressing Kevin

Durant Booker and Bill are playing their 17th game tonight um together as a group and Bill was out for a lot of time this season and uh well the Nets with Durant Harden and Irving have well they only ever played 16 games George kawi James Harden they’ve played 34 games Kyrie Irving and

Luka donic 38 games so we’ve been really starved of any success and the gods are not not favoring us one bit are they or haven’t favored Us in the past and I don’t imagine that that will change in the future the uh the Nets will decide to

Press early um in the offensive set for Phoenix Bill to KD picked up by Spencer who’s been given the responsibility responsibility of guarding taller play is um didn’t would he guarded lar Marin in last game and did a pretty decent job um ktie at the free throw line

Because the Nets have committed a three second violation on the defensive side so that is a fre point and KD is on the board so the Nets are an improved team defensively the problem is the offense has not nearly been up to scratch um but that game last game really helped fuel

Things up a little bit Booker on the outside now Gordon will look to nkic to the corner for Beal Thomas fell over and there is a foul on CT bill went up and wasn’t able to convert Thomas just fell over and um it’s going to be two free throws for Bradley Beal

Who interestingly enough has looked their most dangerous I do remember the last time we played Phoenix that dbook looked awfully passive in the first half then in the third quarter was on a flamethrower or was a flamethrower so first converted by bill there’s a lot of love shown between KD

And cam Thomas obviously KD would have mentored Cam that offensive greatness being transferred from one to another so I think there’ll be a lot of well a lot of respect between both parties that one is knocked out of play by the Suns as they were trying or as the Nets were trying

To look for Clacks so from the inbounds Thomas Drive lob and dunk and if you’re going to get the switch if Cam Thomas is going to have nkic on him best believe that those are going to be on offer with KD guarding the perimeter so suns are

Two of n from the field the Nets shooting 67% Beal the drive in spin gets one up and good defense by cam Johnson forces the floater to pull up short Johnson hesitated lob and that one was partially blocked by the rim easy buckets for Eric Gordon and the Suns cut it to three

So next look to get those two points back and there’s a foul fou is on Booker I think CLA very well may Feast today especially if we keep feeding him up top granted there is more potential for him Beyond being an alley Merchant but um yeah O’Neal is in and Lonnie Walker

Is in so who the [ __ ] is our five O’Neal watford’s also in so a very different look Watford getting some minutes because we need that size we’re missing a fair bit of it today eight to shoot Thomas in a switch he’s doubled step back three is very well short that

Is poor shot selection and KD will drive and he lost the ball and they’ve called a foul on O’Neal so KD is going to get a couple shots and um let’s have a look at it yeah there was a s in there swipe in there somewhere so KD at the free throw line

Has already made one free throw bya courtesy of a technical he makes that one there and they’ve got one more free throw to come here Cam’s really got to look to drive on nurkic a little bit more can’t be shooting those contested threes so the Nets who have led every

Second of this game only lead by one it’s Thomas looking for the Watford screen who is playing that small bow five the switch Thomas to the corner for Johnson who does not hesitate and hits and it is the Nets up four B going to pull the trigger early

That is too easy what the [ __ ] was our defense doing and jv’s going to call a timeout cuz you got to be very very upset about that what on Earth was that defense that I just witnessed there that is just too easy I mean dbook was just guarding cam Johnson

So like what is Royce O’Neal well Roy O’Neal actually was too busy guarding nerkish and then he’s like in that in between sort of place where he had to pick up nerkish but he saw the shot wide open and he’s like well who’s going to step up to the plate here and

Unfortunately no one did so the um lead is one as a result of that the Suns have started to find a few more Outlets um in terms of the way they score they aren’t shooting it too well um that was their first three-point make on the back of

Booker shot um but the five free throws really helping them out early in a time of the game where they are sort of struggling a little bit to get going offensively so with a smaller team that the Nets are playing the suns are going to find ways plenty of ways to to score

Um the Nets have been feeding Claxton early he has been a focal point Bridges has not scored yet and actually went to the bench early so I’m not sure how we’re playing Mel’s minutes today um but that really raises a few eyebrows um with the way we’re approaching it seven

Of 11 from the field so far so that is a very good start um shooting wise but the free throws um or the lack thereof from our end is uh really placing us in a bit of a disadvantaged POS position it’s good to see cam Thomas though even

Though he’s only taken the two shots he’s already got three dimes to his name and that is notara he’s usually too well known for he didn’t have an assist the other day so um I mean with Ben Simmons out and Spencer dwy obviously on the bench that’s going to change the way cam

Thomas sort of has to play because he’s going to assume the facilitating duties a little bit more um but overall not a bad start we’ve LED every second of this game so far um and look there is definitely Room to Grow for sure all righty so 6 minutes to play after 6 minutes

Gone in the first and uh it’s 1514 black started well the sun’s not doing too well offensively but they’ve had more free throws made than field goals so that is really giving them a little bit of boost so the Nets I I reckon we need to

Get to the free throw line just a little bit because you know got to try get a get a few free points Watford the hand off to Walker the step back to his open and he hits his money bro you very rarely see a missing shots like he is stuck on automatic

And usually has a tendency to be playing a bit of Zone with a smaller lineup Bill to Booker and now they feed nage that is just bro they are going to [ __ ] Feast if you are get a Play Zone you need to help whoever the hell is picking up nage

Because that is just going to be out muscle after out muscle after out muscle Watford gets it up and in over the top of nkic good make Booker that’s an offensive foul and Johnson draws it and it’s going the other way I believe it’s a push off JV wanted a uh

Well he thought that Watford was fou and he probably was nkic definitely went over the top of him so the Net’s getting a few stops here and there so Walker O’Neal Watford Johnson Thomas the five Watford O’Neal kick out to Walker who pulls the trigger and that one was

Off but that was definitely online a little bit more lift and it goes down oh wow KD over the top that’s off early offense one and done is no good Thomas down the middle pulls up for two in the midrange and that one was a gimme the cam would usually make but he

Doesn’t score that one Gordon to KD watford’s too busy fixing his shoe and forgot that he had to play defense and KD knocks it down and well ties the game up at 19 a piece Bridges getting ready to return Thomas the drive the kick out nearly stolen Watford to Thomas in the

Mid-range he shoots again nurkic doesn’t even try contesting it and you get the sense that there are going to be a lot of those on offer as long as nage plays drop the kogi playing that zone again Walker in the middle the cutter was

There it was KD and that’s going to be a foul on O’Neal let’s have a look because I actually don’t think that was a I don’t actually think I don’t know if that was a fail or not but looks like we’re going to be starved of the replay Eubanks is into the

Game for Phoenix replacing nurkic the 350 Mark of the opening Quarter Two personals on O’Neal so he’s got to be a little bit more responsible with the BS because very short in that respect I don’t know if Wilson is on G League assignment we could do with a player

Like him in the game today Watford is going to look for CJ gets it to him now on the wing picked up by Eubanks shoots the three over the top that is a Terri shot but we get the long board Walker to Johnson oh good move weaves through is fou plus

One and look that wasn’t out of the Playbook but you take the two and then you take the free throw that comes with it aogi just a little bit late on the close out and then fell on multiple or fell for multiple pump fakes

It is 2321 and CJ can get this lead back up KD goes to the bench Booker gets back into the game I believe baites deop into the game Eric Gordon is also in CJ makes the free throw so the suns are running Booker aogi bit deop Eubanks Eric Gordon and the Nets have

Got Bridges O’Neal Watford Walker Johnson so Thomas to the bench Booker good bit of hesitation shoots and misses say that’s great defense by tat and now Bridges will pull up for three and he hits and he was doing that at will the other day and the Nets are up six biggest lead

Of the quarter I do feel eal best Gordon the response yes the net didn’t even move three-point game first make of the game for Eric Gordon Bridges gets into the paint that’s a good little adjustment to get the pass off and Johnson top of the key misses decent

Look but it hit back ir and now the Suns can get it down to one or tied up and there is a foul on Bridges Eubanks will be the guy benefiting from that and uh it’ll be free throws with the suns in the bonus and Dennis Smith will check

In D witty also getting ready with blackton so we do well with the minutes um where we had no one no recognizable center lane the five so I would assume Dennis Smith is going to get the responsibility of playing on Booker Watford and O’Neal to

The bench good minutes by them or be it limited excuse me me Eubanks missed the first and the second free throw lined up is also off got to get the board but we don’t it’s Bates deop Walker how is there no tie up Claxton saves and

Bridges is able to sweep it up so the Nets turn an offensive rebound into well a steel Bridges step back to is off and those are the shots you hate to see from Mel percentage of making him is so much lower Booker the three rattles home it’s tied up at

27 I’m not liking our recent choices of shot selection too many threes D witty I don’t know why he didn’t lob it up I don’t know why he didn’t lob it up he didn’t even try to lay it up he was just in between didn’t know what to what decision to make um

And well it was deflected out of play and we’re going to have to reset but disjointed sort of possession dwy on the perimeter gets into the paint you got to shoot it oh the problem with Claxton driving is he just oh it’s just terrible for spacing aogi with the rebound and the

Suns having trailed the whole quarter can take the lead Bates dehop backs down Walker the kick out to Booker and what the hell is Spencer doing just gave up on the contest blackon saves it after Booker missed the wide open look and now Walker picked up by Bates deop

Will drive the bouns pass to Claxton it’s a jump ball so well done by Eubanks to read that pass and cause a lock up without committing a foul so it’ll be a jump ball between the two fives for both teams blackton and new Banks it is won by

Phoenix so a good stop there all Drew Eubanks and now Booker the drive stops and waits we didn’t fall for the pump fake Booker on the outside as he relocated hits the three they’ve got the lead and it’s 30 to 27 the suns are on a

90 burst in the last two minutes it’s been a mixture of multiple reasons D wit the response yes and that’s a good look and you got to hit those every single day of the week as an NBA player and we do so it is tied at 30

All not tennis scores might as well be Booker picked up by dsj Dennis tried to go for the steel Booker well protected and now in a switch with with Glon shoots over the top he misses badly and you live with those that is a good stop if they’re willing to take that

Shot then you live with it because that is not a good look for a lot of NBA players and with Claxton contesting with that that reach of his it’s going to be a little bit more difficult dwiti kick out Bridges is open for three got to hit those oh my

God couldn’t ask for a better look I honestly think though D witty is a little bit too pass first those layups were on Bill Dennis nearly picked the pocket the drive Bill misses the layup rebound by Claxton that is the first quarter done so quarter time it’s 30 all and the

Nets did not f one second in that opening quarter Trail 30 a piece as we move forward into the second quarter um let’s have a a look at the box score you can see cam Thomas has got four points and three dimes so a very good return for him in the opening

Quarter Laxton with eight points four boards and a dime and a steel so he’s done a little bit of everything CJ with eight um and Mel Bridges only the three points and two boards so the only turnover we’ve had is via cam Johnson so a pretty good start by this team on

Both ends um the free throw number is letting us down a little bit but nine dimes after having 40 the other day um in total 52% from the field shooting the ball well from three everyone’s getting a couple of looks everyone on the team in the starting lineup has scored um

From a phoenix perspective dbook is not made a layup or any shot inside the three-point line that’s where all these points have come from K has only had one field goal made but he’s had five free throw attempts um and Bradley Bill’s got four so look it hasn’t been a bad start

They’re shooting pretty poorly or pretty bang average from the field um but the free throws and the threo shooting a really helping am out a ton um and that is why they sit where they sit that free throw Advantage is just too large and we’ve really got to minimize the

Disparity going into the second third fourth quarter um if you are enjoying the stream make sure to drop a drop a like And subscribe as well if you are new we’ll be back for Nets versus Sixers um this weekend so that’ll be a really good game to be witness

To those in chat that have just joined us welcome but a good start a good start I can’t really ask for much of a better start apart from maybe the uh maybe the lack of discipline free throw wise but going in I think we always knew that would be

Difficult with no Ben no Dorian Smith um those are two key cogs of your defense so um for us to defend as well as we have on the interior I think that’s been a really good positive real good positive all righty so 30 a piece second quarter action about to get

Underway it’s going to be interesting to see who starts this second quarter because we’ve seen a lot of chopping and changing um not real consistency with what web seen in previous weeks usually you see m not getting a break in the first quarter but we’ve had to do things

A little bit differently um recently and M did get a rest in the first quarter um so maybe we want him to have a little bit more longevity in this game so five on the floor for the Nets to start this second quarter is dsj Spencer diwy Laxton Walker and

Bridges wrap around by Lonnie Walker the drive the scoop is off the rebound by the Suns good defense so looking for Claxton again but that was cut off and so Lonnie had to go up himself KD picked up by Spencer at the logo going to ask for the screen and now

The s s Eubanks rolls to the corner for Bates deop who drives the pass to Eubanks that rims out the tip in is good and the foul and you have just simply got to box that out we had two players under the basket and neither of them could box out B

De like that’s just poor both these guys are too busy [ __ ] ball watching that they don’t actually acknowledge that there is a man under the basket those are the things that I don’t care if you’re playing switchable defense those are the things that you can well and truly

Dictate you’ve got to be worried about your man as well as the ball that’s about to rim out Walker into the paint lob Clon the throw down 3332 those looks have been on offer all day and I don’t want to see us fall away from that either Beal picked up by

Dennis doing well defensively here to deny a pass we get it to KD in the corner they get it to KD in the corner KD Rises up and scores over the top of two and with a severe size Advantage we’re going to see a bit of that you would imagine Laxon

Walker picked up by Bates deop in the corner screen Walker layup and there was a defensive 3 second call and it’ll be the Nets getting a look in so free throw coming up and bridges converts so cuts it to two so Bridges going to inbound on the restart Laxon Walker on the

Wing he’s going to drive gets by Eubanks layup where was the foul Suns will break out in transition KD pass good cut you Banks easy dunk great offense by the Suns that is chalk and cheese bread and butter whatever combination 11 Suns fast break points that’s really helping him out early on

Den witty to Dennis Smith back out to den witty catch and through three is off rebound by Eubanks so the Suns can get a little bit of breathing space here KD to Beal lost it and it’s going to go the other way and so the Nets will look to get into a set

Dennis to Glon now to dwy gives it to Bridges who fumbled it but then shot a three and he missed it as well I don’t know why we don’t attack the basket a little bit more the looks are there another easy two for aogi and he just like completely got

Removed and he’s got to get back on defense we had the Outnumber and we just don’t know how to take advantage Bridges what the [ __ ] dude how is that an offensive foul the one shot we get an n one converted or the opportunity at an n one you’re kidding ai’s

Down but fam surely there was the body bump before he got hit in the face come on that’s a firm hit yeah probably is an offensive foul but the thing is the contact happens at the exact same time he initiates the contact at the same time the same time as the

Hit to the face so I don’t [ __ ] know what they’re going to call this [ __ ] I don’t know so it’s going the other way which is frustrating as cuz I thought that was going to be a nice slicing of the deficit but have a look if they upgrade it yeah

So it is going to be Phoenix Ball but no flagrance so um it is going to be the Suns who can get this lead up a little bit further the Nets we’re up 2721 and since that point it has been an 186 run with the potential for more to grow so

The Suns would be very happy with what they’ve done um in these KD minutes KD the hand off to bill the switch now blackon picks him up kick out knocked away Bridges with the steel and the Nets have got to capitalize here dwy back to back to Bridges I hate this

[ __ ] conservative play on the break Bridges fade away to is off like Spencer dwit he needs to not hold the whole fast break possession up had to shoot it KD too easy I mean not too easy that’s just greatness I don’t think Spencer DIY could have done anything more

But I can’t help but think that there needs to be a better matchup for that surely you get someone with a better Wings span man Spencer with the scoop gets it down to six that’s a big bucket by him Thomas getting ready to return the offense has

Looked a little bit stunted without him KD picked up by Spencer gets through that’s basically an uncontested look for ktie and he scores again he’s absolutely cooking at the moment Walker another switch drive Laxon in the middle layup can’t get it to go good defense baits deop and now o hogi the other

Way screen gets through shoots and scores I cannot believe josa ki’s actually been a source of offense for them we need to be a lot taller Dennis nice little finger roll by him after faking the hand off so Net’s got to get a stop we’re allowing the Suns to shoot 88% in the

Quarter 88% they’ve made Seven of their eight shots knocked Away by Bridges but it gets to aogi Eubanks in the middle shoots over the top and scores again like that is just too easy no denial of the pass no nothing no physicality no nothing Dennis Bridges oh my God he was ready to

Fire he didn’t even need to readjust he just let it fly and it went down so Mel on the catch lethal KD tried to draw a foul on the three but instead did not get that call and so the Nets in transition Walker open three yes good response by the Nets two consecutive

Threes stops lead to offense and Loney had an open look there on the back of a stop and so I thought the suns were going to call a time out because KD was basically walking to vogle but they’re still going double Eubanks rolls aogi in the corners open and he airball the three

The rebound by dwy that’s a bad Miss dwy please drive it he does he gets into the paint got rid of Eubanks foul Plus One spencer dwit he good score we’ve got a timeout then Nets after allowing a run of sorts by the Sons over over an extended period

They have responded with eight straight points one more to come at the free throw line potentially and it is now down to two the Suns lead in the blink of an eye if you are enjoying the stream make sure to drop a like And subscribe if you are new

As well we’ll be back the Nets versus Philly in a couple of days so make sure to tune in for that don’t miss it don’t miss it it looks like the Nets are playing a little bit of a better brand recently so you know this is probably the time

You want to want to be watching Nets basketball I do think or at least listening to it or listening to me commentate it um all righty I got to check the box score I just completely forgot to do that this is basically the Suns looking I mean JV is is a [ __ ] Maniac

For making defy C guard KD probably saw him do a decent job on Larry marinin and was like I want to see this again but KD and marinan are just Worlds Apart ki’s got seven Off the Bench um they’re shooting it well excellently well now they haven’t had free throws in the

Quarter which is probably the reason we’re in it um we are equally shooting the ball well um but the Suns do have an advantage in terms of the amount of free throws they’ve made we’ve already at 13 dimes which is a huge positive clax has got 10 he leads the way for the

Nets bridg has got seven all his points from the outside cam Johnson’s got eight Spencer’s got seven as well on great efficiency so um with all these players firing we we need no one to we need no one to um hold us back and anchor us down weigh us down um that’s

Going to be essential for a win today especially when you’ve got well you’re feeling a bit short-handed really bold look I think in the second half you have to start O’Neal I think you have to start O’Neal and play him on KD send din witty to the bench cam

Thomas can facilitate I think it’s really that simple I don’t really know what the point is of guarding KD with Spencer dwy and Spencer not even facilitating on the offensive side like you’re really putting yourself at a disadvantage it’s like an extra player on the court for no damn reason um all

Right um why is an Australian calling a net Suns game well I do every Nets game My Guy um are they televising this down under they are um but not actually on ABC it’s like like rewired through like a streaming service um but I’m watching it on um League

Pass free throw by dwy converted 4746 the suns are up it is a 90 Run for the Nets they’ve cut the lead from 10 to1 KD the switch O’Neal now picks him up we’re playing small ball I want to see an O’Neal Claxton front Court I don’t know what the [ __ ] this [ __ ]

Is where dwy is playing on their bigs just doesn’t make sense dwy the drive oh my goodness the ball is stuck on the top of the backboard it is stuck circus shot of sorts oh goodness it is lodged at the very top of that backboard right where

The camera is I think I don’t know what sort of camera that is but that basketball is purged right up there and they got it back down of course but a Miss by the Nets and so the Suns have made a couple of changes Eric Gordon back in Derek oh

Devin Booker back in I said Derek um nkic is back in B steop remains in bro you can’t keep playing this [ __ ] bro they are just going to do the same thing over and over again what a [ __ ] idiotic scheme having Bridges guard nurkic having D witty guard KD what sort of

[ __ ] [ __ ] is this drive good score by Dennis gets through scores easily with the finger roll nurkic got in O’Neal like if you’re going to play this small you can’t switch O’Neal just oh my goodness Dennis nearly blocked the crap out of nkit nurkic completely discarded O’Neal but there was no offensive

Foul oh that could have really been a an offensive foul that was a that was a bit of a [ __ ] sh no call there I think that has to be called free throw by nkic is good you just have to play Claxton every minute that nurkic is

In if you’re going to play O’Neal you’ve got to play you have to play you have to play um O’Neal and Claxton in the second half we just can’t go this small we don’t even have Cam Johnson on the floor like what the [ __ ] is this lineup Den witty O’Neal Bridges Thomas and

Dennis it’s just it’s just too small it’s just too small O’Neal to Dennis to Bridges he’s got bat D up on him Dennis thought about the three didn’t shoot it Dennis out to diwy we got two to shoot step back three by Spencer those are the ones he usually makes and un

Unfortunately this time it was not the case Gordon to nurkic what the [ __ ] is this lineup I will continue to say that is the biggest throwaway lineup I’ve ever seen it’s just too [ __ ] stupid like what on Earth are you thinking with this lineup bro I need to

Like I’m convinced supporting this team is experimental like we are test subjects and JV is one of the facilitators of this experiment basically toying with the emotions of every single supporter tearing their hearts apart when we’re we’re sort of in the game by putting together these [ __ ]

Lineups like what the [ __ ] man Spencer Den witty Royce O’Neal guarding their front their front court with nerit in it you got to be kidding me bro mate that doesn’t bro that is the most common sense crap to not play that sort of a lineup but guess what JV likes to go

Against the grain does he doesn’t he because jv’s got to be different he’s got to be different he’s got to set himself apart from the rest of rest of the pack doesn’t he because he’s not noticed enough is he um I mean we are in this game but some

Lineups man just like use your brain JV I know you’ve got one I know you’ve got one yes it’s probably more exposed to sunlight because you got no hair but mate it shouldn’t be damaged from the sunlight just [ __ ] use it use your brain like that that is so so

Dumb like you have if you really want to oh my God you have Harry js on your bench you got Jaylen Wilson I don’t know if he’s active is he active I’ve got no idea someone enlightened me is um Jaylen Wilson active cuz that is just Next Level

Stupid like I don’t understand it dude that is just so nonsensical excuse me for [ __ ] sake man I’m I’m still trying to gather reather my thoughts cuz that is just that that is the definition of throwing a game like you’re not even trying defensively as a coach like that

Is just lazy put out the small ball lineup and try out score them it’s not going to work because defensively you’re not you don’t have any chance of getting a stop that is clearly positioning your team to lose that’s positioning your team to fail oh my God it’s just like so

Dumb thank God they brought Clon back in they’ve brought Johnson back in so the starting five for the Nets on the floor right now Booker is in the game no bill or KD at the moment D witty the driving kick Thomas with six the shoot out to dwiti

Drive lob it up no Johnson in the corner for three couldn’t be any of any better of a look but Spencer yet again getting to in between he’s got to make up his mind whether he wants to shoot it or pass it and make the quick thinking decision

Book it to Gordon they’re going to feed it to nurkic the help needs to arrive thus it allows an open Gordon 3 and he misses luckily the rebound by Claxton and now Bridges will look to make something happen he’s blitzed no look to Johnson Middle to Claxton hand off to Bridges Bates deop

Is there got rid shoots and scores the two the turnaround on the Baseline was good completely removed bat deop from the situation situation nurkic going to back down Claxton well defended nkic got one up missed it somehow they get a board oh my God bro we have the numbers under the basket

Again Thomas gets the foul oh the angle how was he made that work CT hanging off the window very acute angle he was dealing with yet found a way and we’re going to get an n one opportunity through cam Thomas had Booker in the air bumped bodies got it

Up and in that is a stupidly good shot looks like there’s going to be a timeout called and D book’s got to go to the bench cuz he’s on three person good minut minutes though by bat deop because KD’s been on the bench for some

Time that has been the uh like for like Swap and that’s really been working um he’s providing some good energy minutes playing good defense um I I just don’t understand though with these backup center minutes you have Giles on the bench these are the sort of games you

Can’t play small ball especially when your number one small ball option finy Smith is out injured this is where you play the center the center that you have on the bench in reserve in the case that you don’t have any other backups surely Harry jws isn’t that bad all

Righty so 57 to to 52 the score line free throw by CT after the timeout is good that didn’t deter him in any way shape or form to make the free throw aogi no sorry that’s Beal aogi is in the game though Durant back in Booker to the

Bench ner get the drive oh you got to be [ __ ] kidding me bro that is rubbish dude that is not a fail ever that is just Phantom bro he just fell over bro he just fell over that is just a joke calling absolute [ __ ] objectively that is not a faou

Ball don’t lie free throw missed that is just not a foul we should be running in transition at this point nurkic missed the first split the pair by making the second five-point game Thomas the dwy two minutes to play in the opening half now to Bridges to the corner for

Johnson back to Bridges and now Claxton up top looking for the handoff he gives it to D witty who drives down the middle what the [ __ ] is he doing lobbing it up what is he doing lobbing it up Laxon clearly in a terrible position to receive that pass that entry

Pass that is what I hate about Spencer like that opportunity was there to get the floater up and he’s too busy looking for the pass I think that’s actually the thing hurting Spencer most got to practice that Flo a game Johnson flings it out to bridges on the

Wing yes and he wanted the foul he’s not going to get it or should I say JV wanted the foul instead he had to help his teammate up sorry his team player up KD going to back down dwit Bridges comes over to help good rotation across we

Block off all the outlets and now they’re going to look for KD again who is doubled the rotation across the three by Beal is off excellent defense we get it ahead to Johnson who got ahead of the pack lost the ball and there is a foul and CJ is absolutely kicking

Himself for missing the layup it was well knocked Away by Beal it’s going to be a foul but that is excellent work by CJ to acknowledge the opportunity to get ahead and he was able to get in behind the defense yep that is a big hit on the arm

See CJ just lost the ball so two free throws coming up the Nets can tie the game after trailing by 10 Midway through the second CJ makes the first and he’s at actually at a really good first half that’s when the switch defense works if that rotation across is going

To be aggressive and you’re going to block the outlets off CJ is three of seven from the field he is about to hit double figures if he makes the free throw and he converts so he ties it up at 58 and theeta F all the way back

Thomas guarding a or Bal now Bridges is guarding Bal Gordon into the paint easy dump off and nkic with the dunk blackton eased off a little bit too much allowed nkic to score rhythmically Clon that’s a just a terrible pass the lobs I mean I know they’re there but and that one’s a

Little bit better by Spencer in terms of not hesitating but the pass has got to be better nurkic scores through contact again and bro nurkic in this quarter has looked like the best s best center in the NBA he’s just looked too good Thomas the drive the layup plus one another

Opportunity for CT to make it count at the free throw line after converting from the field and um these points are really coming in handy nurkic this time is the one who commits the foul and CT got it to go and look that is why I’m I’m just a

Little bit annoyed with Spence because surely he’s got that extra fraction of pace to get past nkic like I would imagine he’d get quite a few free throws I think he’s just been not very aggressive in terms of getting to the free free throw line I think there’s a lot of

Opportunity there and I think we’re not using it so nurkic to the bench for Eubanks I don’t know if that’s because he’s in val trouble cam Thomas converts the free throw we being good from the line Booker is back in for offense so their big three are in with Eubanks and Gordon

Beal the switch now it means KD is guarded by Bridges which I sort of like as a matchup KD shoots and it’s going to be two shots K nearly got it to go from the midrange as he was gathering Two Shots coming up for Phoenix let’s have a look at

It that’s that’s just not very smart by Mel he just had to play that game laterally he didn’t need to do anything fancy but for some reason he’s reaching in or resting the arm on KD so KD is going to milk those every day of the week and the first free throw

Is good so the Sun’s Up by two one free throw to come here for Kevin Durant lines it up and converts so it’s a one possession game you’d imagine the Nets are not going to be aggressive trying to chase a two for one um with they already a small difference between

Shot game blocks so cam will hold for one I’d imagine he will get the bulk of the responsibility on this possession he drives on B Bridges drive moves through he was fouled by KD and we’re going to get two shots that’s what I like to see

That’s what I like to see the more of that we see the better and Dennis is going to come into the game for you know it defensive purposes and um let’s see what Bridges can do here KD playing very aggressive defense there and he caught

Him on the arm caught bridges on the arm so two three throws for Mel with 12 seconds to play m is off on the first I believe that is our first Miss from the free throw line those are points that well you can excuse them for missing because they’re they’re they’re

Human you know they need to miss a couple but oh my God Mel missing both that is such a [ __ ] let down cannot allow points here KD knocked Away by Johnson get it ahead Bridges layup oh my God you idiots idiots can’t make a [ __ ] finger

Roll oh my God how the [ __ ] do you miss that maybe the free throws I can excuse but did they just put a lid on the rim mate how does that not go in bro throw that down Mel you are tall enough to do that if I had your height I would do

That oh my God and they’re just chatting to Mel now they’re chatting to M now I need to hear what the [ __ ] he’s going to say because he’s fresh off missing well Four Points worth we should have we should have been in the lead if he could [ __ ] make a

Point that being said he’s got 12 points in the half but for [ __ ] sake dude I swear if we lose by under two possessions you look back on those moments and you say well Mel that is your fault I don’t even [ __ ] I don’t I I don’t [ __ ] care that is that is

All on him that is all on him you could have not placed yourself in a better position to get the points first via the free throws second via a wide open fast break transition dunk that you somehow do not score you go for the finger

Roll oh my God that is just you cannot make that [ __ ] up that is that means that we are now destined to lose this game by under two possessions you can just [ __ ] see it written in the stars mate I can’t believe that happened oh my

God all righty halftime break is here if you are enjoying the Stream stream make sure to drop a like on it and subscribe if you’re new we’ll be back for Nets versus Billy on the weekend um the third quarter is upon us um in about 15 minutes that wasn’t an awful quarter but

I do think we left well we left a few points on the table and then we gave away far too many too easily um like that stretch of time where we allowed nurkic to score three like wideopen layups basically because we had Spencer him withy or Mel Bridges guarding him on

The inside like that is just Next Level degeneracy coaching um and then just then we left four points on the table because Mel couldn’t make a free throw and then couldn’t make a [ __ ] layup wide open we had the two-on-one you could have even dumped off the pass to

Clon and he would have thrown thrown it down he would have slammed the [ __ ] out of it um instead we Trail by three when we could have just as easily had the lead going into the halftime break what are your thoughts on the first half um we will look at the box

Score cam Thomas got 10 points didn’t add to the assist tally um in that first half um blackton didn’t add a point in that uh second quarter we needed to feed him a little bit more I think we’re leaving a few points on the table um

Mel is actually leading the way it’s a good sign that nearly every starting um member is in double figures uh the bench not quite as explosive as they were last game um overall shooting the ball well I’m very con concerned very concerned that we are going to go all out guns blazing from

Three in the second half um but I don’t think that’s the right mentality at all um 16 assists really good two turnovers is the extremely good part of our game um shooting over 50% from the field those are all positives Spencer dwy needs to stop doing those [ __ ] lobs

Um when he’s got a layup available I’m happy for him to do it if he’s going to draw the opponent but um there’s far too many occasions where the Sentai is like very in between so sort of guarding CLS but not and so there’s the opportunity for the the

Layup you know for Spen to score he probably could have 14 or 15 points if he was more aggressive with it um Lonnie Walker with four dimes Off the Bench that is probably an underrated part of the first half um overall not a bad half though the concerning thing is we’ve

Sent the Suns to the free throw line for 16 free throws um they have only made 53s um that they are shooting it very very well um they’ve gotten some good bench contribution um but look it could have been a different result if if if Grayson Allen was

Playing but he’s not so um instead we’re coping with what we have to deal with and nurkic has 17 first half points that just cannot be allowed I don’t care how small you were playing you’ve GI him about half of those points because you couldn’t [ __ ] have an adequate Center

Guarding him just the body on him really um Kevin Durant’s got 16 he’s only taken the seven field goals though dbooks got nine points he didn’t score in the second quarter he’s on three personal so if we can attack him as much as possible I think that may change the way they

Approach things in the second half B only has one field goal to his name so he hasn’t been a very big focal point of the offense but to their credit it doesn’t really matter if they don’t score when you’ve got your Center scoring 17 and that is

That is the embodiment of playing smart because they have recognized where small like it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that like when we recognize like we when we can recognize that they are like an opposition we play is small we don’t capitalize on that nearly enough

But you can see here they’ve got 17 points out of nkic with the the uh the potential for it to be 30 points um they’ve recognized that we are playing an extremely small lineup and they they are getting gifted points they’re like all right thank you very much we’ll take

Those you know it’s not rocket science um I I do think the positive though is that we’ve forced seven turn turn overs um we in terms of steals have four of those should have a few more fast break points kough cof Mel Bridges um yeah but that is the Outlook at halim

Um I do think we’re going to need to see similar contributions from our starting five in the second half I just cannot wrap my head around why Royce O’Neal has only played six minutes um and every one of those six minutes has been like him

At the five like what the [ __ ] is the point of that you have so jayen Wilson is on a two-way is on two way um G League assignment Clowny Is On Assignment um even though they’re in the building which doesn’t make much sense Giles is the only fit guy that we haven’t played

Not really sure why we haven’t given him a crack I I surely he’s not going to get outplayed by Eubanks if he does get outplayed I mean it’s no big deal but like we’re getting destroyed when we play O’Neal at the five like it’s it’s just not working

Um but overall I’m actually not too fearful of this Suns team in the second half the only issue is that we’re getting Now rebounded by 12 um and is that on the back of offensive rebounds well they’ve got six and we’ve got one so I don’t really know how that is um we

Did well getting the free throw disparity down a little bit sort of evening it up um the only two free throws we’ve missed were the ones in the final 24 seconds or whatever whatever it was so it is a let down that we aren’t leading because I think we we probably

Probably did deserve to lead did well to get back in the game because well at one stage we were trailing so um or by 10 so it could have easily gotten away from us but a good response um the Nets are going to lose because they dress like children what is

That what is that font on their jerseys it does look a bit kindergarden doesn’t it um yeah I mean those jerseys are a little bit of a question mark I actually don’t mind them as the years warn on but if you’re not warmed up to it then

You’re probably like like what the [ __ ] is that like that just looks so [ __ ] stupid um who gave their kids the responsibility of Designing the Nets jersey it literally is like that um sounds like too many fouls on our end not too bad in the second quarter but um

I think that’s more because we were getting a few on our side so I think the the it’s it’s it’s going to be important that we’re able to even if we’re sending them to the line it can’t be like it’s got to be a tradeoff like we’ve got to have our own free

Throws on top of you know sending them to the line there can’t be a disparity in the second half because that’s that is just going to kill us um and you’ll be able to tell especially as the suns are shooting the ball well um if they shooting the

Ball well and they get the free throws well then you’re going to really see the game run away from you you would expect um around the grounds we will have a look in around the grounds um where are we looking around the grounds HS up on Houston Timberwolves up on Dallas the

Magic destroying San Antonio the Thunder have scored 20 in the last 4 minutes a 22 run um over Denver they lead by 11 the heater the Heat beat the Kings the Bulls beat the Hornets the Clippers beat the Wizards the Cavs beat the Pistons so pretty

Um foreseeable stuff going on in the NBA today not too many surprises around the league um just want to see the fast break points um turnovers 7 to2 points off turnovers barely any 4 to2 yet we have forced seven turnovers so the fact that we have barely been

Able to score from their turnovers is a little little bit of a concern um second chance. 7 to5 so we’re not getting killed um even though even though we’re giving away way offensive rebounds we’re not getting killed per se on the scoreboard um and fast break points 13

To 10 so pretty even in a number of respects um but there’s a lot of work to do I guess the Silver Lining is that Phoenix have been dogwater in last quarters um which is just absolutely criminal for a team of their well for a team that possesses as much Talent as

They um do so yeah pretty crazy stuff to be honest um so yeah let me know your thoughts in the chat as well what are your predictions for the second half do you see a certain player taking hold of the game do you see a potential matchup thing that could be

Exploited from a son’s perspective um and ultimately do you see us winning the game what’s what’s going to be the um the result um I lived in Brooklyn when they moved from New Jersey the black and white color skin was a big part of what made them cool was crack they look like

Clowns tonight well yeah as I said if you you haven’t watched the team you won’t be used to it and therefore you’ll be like what the hell is that um I think I think now that I’ve seen this team play in that uniform so much it’s a

Little bit different I mean I’m not a fan of it but I think I’ve just like adjusted I’m now accustomed to the fact that they’re wearing kindergarten jerseys as opposed to hating that they’re wearing kindergarten jerseys so so yeah that is the situation um regardless

I don’t think even though we love to um talk about conspiracies and say well the Nets suck in a certain Jersey like their record is significantly worse um somehow I don’t think it’s impacting um our play but then again um some would say it is so take whatever opinion you agree with

With a grain of salt I will say second half is about to get underway though um if you are enjoying the stream before we start the second half it is 6461 the way of the Suns um make sure to drop a like And subscribe if you are new we’ll

Be back for Nets versus the Philadelphia 76ers where hopefully Ben is back um yeah it’s really as simple as that I think um because he played really well the other day and changed the complete Dynamic of how we were playing um so yeah but for now we just have to deal

With seeing Spencer D guard Kevin Durant and and be okay with it even though there is absolutely nothing okay with it um like honestly I don’t think even the most psychologically affected would be able to come up with as monal a scheme is what JV is is putting

Together wanting Spencer DIY to guard Kevin Durant that is just that [ __ ] crazy anyway the third quarter the third quarter let’s get off to a good start a nice hot start Thomas going to drive on Beal gets through the look was there the scoop no good but

Thomas gets his own miss the turnaround two over bill is good excellent start to the third quarter for the Nets and um cam Thomas is going to be that guy you would imagine that potentially could take hold of the game after a quiet first half by standards they’re going to

Look to feed nurkic again which they do very comfortably got to help him out the kick out to Gordon who pulls the trigger and hits he’s looked very very online today 6763 dwy gets into the paint I don’t know why he altered the direction but he

Was able to flip it up and in over the top of two and um Spencer’s got to be aggressive he’s got to try get a couple of Bankers cuz I don’t think he’s really looking to bank it in too often um yeah he’s not looking to be very

Aggressive banking it in off the window these days days a lot of its floaters and push shots and mid-ranges nothing really has makes contact with the backboard which is sort of a confusing way to go about it well read by cam Thomas he read the back door

Cut the net of the numbers Johnson easy dunk yes sir cam Thomas thank you very much thank you very much 67 all Booker pull up two in the mid-range yes first make inside the arc for the game for dbook we’ve got to attack that sort of matchup on our offensive side cuz three

Personal fouls for Booker so the more you can force him to sit out the better of course D witty going to use the high screen by Claxton flings it out to Johnson for three yes and CJ has looked a three a man in in recent games beill Durant screen and switch which

Means Johnson guards nurkic Durant gets one up doesn’t get the bounce nurkic had the position missed the offensive putback you have four players under the basket and none of you could get the [ __ ] rebound that is ridiculous bro four players if you’re going to collapse defensively you got to get the rebound

Someone has just got to get their hands dirty everyone is just standing up slightly on their hunches go collect the basketball off the turf pick it up put your body on the line nkic was the only one on the ground and that is why he is now in the position to get the

Jump ball win you’ve got cam Thomas having to try win the jump ball over a 611 Center and cam isn’t very gifted vertically let’s just say that as I say it he wins the jump ball Thomas picked up by Gordon he can cook with that matchup but he doesn’t

Look overly aggressive in testing it he’s going to get it now he’s going to drive got by Gordon gets one up how is that not a foul we bat it back but rebound a long rebound for the Suns and Booker will fling it across the KD transition three rims out rebound Clon

Johnson Johnson the drive kick out to den witty back to Johnson he’s got nkic on him I would test the drive here and he does put the ball on the floor lost it oh that’s poor that’s poor you got to take advantage of that mismatch and equally cam th is Eric Gordon guarding

Him that’s got to be another one you look at that pass was Wayward that is not a foul oh my God that is brain dead there was a hold on both ends dude of course this is why so so many points are shipped off these days that

Is just a terrible pass there’s nothing about that that resembles a hold unless I wasn’t looking at the time where there was a hold Booker scores with the right hand and so the two points that you wouldn’t have given away have been given away and so now Mel

Bridges will facilitate gives it to Thomas picked up by KD oh my God right idea but deflected the Suns get another steel out to nurkic back to Kevin Durant who’s picked up by Johnson bounce past to nkic that’s a fail plus one and I mean you I as far as I’m

Concerned you have to be a little bit better trying to fight over the screen bro like we’ve got to switch but then we’ve got to be we’ve got to try to find a window to sort of switch back and I know that’s easier said than done but we’re not

Really like it’s not really working for us Thomas got by Gordon good kick out Den witty Bridges open on the weak Side open three yes well done CT the driving kick it’s simple but it works Eric Gordon is not quick cam should be looking to utilize that matchup every single time nkit now

Guarded by Bridges you need the help but they’re playing basically 5 out outside of nurkic in the case that it would be 4 out technically and um they’re going to score every time nurkic in isolation on a smaller Defender there’s got to be an adjustment made Thomas open two that hits back on

Oh my God Booker and KD knocked into each other and it just trickled to Claxton and he scored off the window so they’ve turned a regulation rebound into an abominable butchering of a possession but then they just score three in what was a very nonchalant sort of offensive possession three-point lead for

Phoenix both teams shooting six of nine from the field in this quarter Bridges oh my God bro he [ __ ] traveled Mel I don’t like him facilitating bro or I don’t like him holding on to the basketball I don’t like him holding on to the basketball for longer than like 4 seconds

Man nothing personal it’s just that he’s absolute dogwater when he handles the ball beill screen Thomas is guarding KD now the help arrives Bill Good rotation across Thomas good defense oh my God we’re going to get a timeout 80 to 75 that was a very good defensive possession because we did make that

Adjustment even though CL was originally guarding the perimeter they made that switch in the middle of the play but unfortunately Booker just too good in some certain scenarios and he converted so yeah um so it’s a five-point game um it’s been pretty neck and neck in this quarter I

Will say um got to refresh the page so I can get the updated box score so for Phoenix uh Yousef nage has got 21 and Booker scored 15 um he scored six in the quarter and hasn’t missed from inside the three-point line um they are shooting very very well you’re not

Going to win too many games shipping off points at 58% from the field the Nets um every single player is in double figures that is a good good sign um but I do want to see cam Thomas get a bit more responsibility um because he well he well and truly has a very

Favorable matchup which he can absolutely cook on um but he just hasn’t been aggressive enough I do feel we are shooting the ball well but the free throws as I’ve said The more free throws we give away and the more that Gap widens we’re going to be very well not

Well positioned I will say the turnovers we’ve actually more than doubled that tally in this third quarter already we had two in the entire first half we’ve got three in the quarter um so a lot of work to be done in that respect as well um but

Yeah that is really the situation at the moment I am liking how we’re sharing the basketball around no one’s taken more than 11 shots no one’s taken less than seven in the starting lineup um I think though where the game’s going to be won is those bench minutes I really

Can foresee this game getting away from us if we [ __ ] around with the small ball lineup again like the thing is we didn’t even bother with Watford at the five we decided to play O’Neal at the five I just don’t get it that’s the problem when you’ve

Got you don’t have a a really tall like bulky Center like we really could have done with a dayron sharp tonight just to if nurkic is trying to body a center down like deon’s probably doing a better job of holding his own in comparison so that’s that’s so killer that we’ve

Got Claxton as the main Center um and he needs a little bit of assistance um and the problem is you can’t really afford to because they’re playing Booker Bill Kevin Durant and Gordon all very capable shooters from the perimeter and if you try to help out claxon you’ve got the problem of well

Allowing practice shots essentially so really tough balance to find 80 to 75 the score the Nets can cut it to a single possession dwy screen used good Roll by Flaxton one more for Johnson the RSE he [ __ ] blew it CL needed to go up he had Booker on

Him and Booker’s on three personals that would have been a very smart thing to exploit Booker just scores again on the Baseline tough shot and he has gotten the lead up to seven the Suns have gone on a 70 run black looking for a pass dwy why

Would you shoot that that is not the time but he converts so I guess I don’t have an issue with it if you’re going to make it but I don’t back Spencer making threes most days let alone today so Bill going to find nkic who grabs it up

Top they’re going to look for KD who shoots over the top had Johnson lost as he changed Direction and he converts as well so the Suns offense looking Saucy in this quarter um they have already scored 20 points and cam Thomas had it knocked Away by Bill so it will be Nets

On the side Lonnie Walker comes into the game for Bridges and it is aogi who checks in for I’m not sure who it’s Bill who comes off a din witty up top going to drive good change of Direction good bit of hesitation and that’s exactly what I’ve said time and

Time again that use of the window is on offer today nkic is open in the middle the kick out to wogi in the corner he’s going to test him and he hits as well [ __ ] [ __ ] mate aogi is not all about that yet he just finds a way Thomas

Walker picked up by a kogi the screen by Claxton is not used Walker gets through hangs and he thought there was a foul and I thought there was too yet they didn’t call it and nkic swatted swatted the crap out of that ball so it’s going to

Be it’s going to be Nets on the Baseline inbounding with six to shoot gets it to Thomas weaves through the kick out to Walker the pump fake Thomas got to get one up onelegged three oh it’s off nearly went down instead the Suns can send it to double figures Booker the

Drive nkic gives it back bounce pass to nurkic they keep feeding it and he keeps scoring it you just have to get more size why are these two-way players that would give us more size not available Den witty in the mid-range he’s got to test nurkic there there’s the foul it’s

Going to be two shots there Spencer dimwitty this is a very fearful part of the game we need to stop nerk well I haven’t seen one adjustment oh my God Spencer missing a free throw missed their last uh three shots from the line O’Neal checks in let’s see

Who comes in or exits for O’Neal okay so Johnson to the bench for the first time today we’re seeing an O an O’Neil I don’t know why I just stuttered we’re seeing an O’Neil Claxton front Court we have not seen that all day today and that’s something that I don’t

Think we’ve tested nearly enough but here we are testing it right now it’s Claxton O’Neal Walker Thomas and Spencer DIY the five KD three over O’Neal you cannot stop that that is just greatness nothing you can do about that that is incredible they are shooting 80% in the quarter even though we’re shooting

57% oh good double by Booker is able to get the steel Durant in transition backs down O’Neal KD’s just Towers over the top and we have to call a timeout and and that that I mean to be fair to Phoenix I don’t think they were aggressive enough in this respect in the

First half their bigger players weren’t getting enough shots KD only had seven Booker only had nine um yet they’re getting those guys to get a lot of looks and equally nurkic is still getting fed the ball well for a similar effect um cam Thomas has not

Really shot the ball in the quarter and I don’t know why and I don’t know yeah I don’t know the motives honestly it’s more the turnovers that have seeped in we’re still not shooting it badly it’s just offensively the suns are on a heater right now they’ve got 94 points

Um yeah it there’s not really much more explaining beyond that Katie has got 23 I don’t think he’s missed um he said five shots in the quarter so he probably has missed um dbook hasn’t missed he’s taken four shots and made them all nkic I don’t think he’s missed the shot

Either um they’ve only missed like three shots in the quarter that’s the real issue here um and look they are hitting threes at a great rate they’re hitting shots from the field at a great rate if you’re going allow shots at 62% well you’re losing full stop unless of course you’ve got an

Equally good offense if not better and these sort of offenses with KD and Devin Booker are pretty hard to find so um it’s always going to be difficult especially for a team of our caliber um where you don’t have the defensive players to get it done I I just don’t

Get though why we haven’t why we’ve decided to not call up J Wilson I I just don’t get it like when you are undersized and you need more wings that can sort of bring that physicality bring a bit of tenacity on the offensive glass especially when you’re a smaller team and you probably

Don’t have much opportunity to do so um you know you you need players like him um to sort of give it a red hot crack even though he’s not got the skill level he may very well have the skill but we will never know if he doesn’t get the

Run so yeah if you are enjoying the stream uh make sure to drop a like on it and subscribe if you are new we’ll be back for Net versus Philly on the weekend um where hopefully we actually have a taller team or a bigger team a more physical

Team like I I just don’t get it we’ve we’ve got younger players in in reserve naturally a lot of other teams would call up their younger players to serve the next man up mentality this run that the Suns have gone on very very similar to the run

That they went on in the second quarter Bridging the first and second um but there we responded so just got to Hope we’ve got we’ve got um another run in US we’ brought on Dennis to try to get a few stops um D Woody to the bench that’s the only tactical sub

Made Walker out of the timeout that three is long Dennis can’t get the tip in gets his own Miss bounce past to Claxton back out to Thomas now Walker fumbled the ball he’s going to try to cook on Devon Booker he gets through and then it was knocked away and out of

Bounds so so well defended by Phoenix but I don’t know what the [ __ ] the play was out of the timeout um suns are up though by 13 potential to buff it up even more Booker the wrap around to KD kick out to wogi Booker is wide open the pump fake sets

It up and then he passed it away but somehow it ended up with nurkic and he threw it down I mean that just signifies if the ball is in dispute where were our players to try dive onto the floor to get it good dump off Claxton blew the layup

Though a rebound for Kevin Durant and now Gordon back to KD it’s a five on four nkic trailing the play he now catches up to it KD picked up by Thomas Drive good defense but KD is just too big Too Tall scores off the window plus one and it’s up to a 17-point

Lead and it and at this point you just have to say what can you do really if you’re going to play a three guard lineup and they’ve got nkic and KD on the floor like and you’re switching you’re going to get cooked every single time like that’s just that’s just too

Good and you need the help Defenders to come across but as I’ve said time and time again this team is very very tough to defend as is if you’re going to collapse the defense and try help out your other smaller Defenders then you are going to

Allow open threes man they’ve gone on a 100 run they’ve gone on an extended 24 to six run um the offense has really stagnated and we haven’t found a way through we’ve gone away from good shot selection Thomas for three responds after giving away three points on the

Other end cuts it to 50 so 2 minutes to play if there’s one silver lining that you could take away from this third quarter it’s that it wasn’t the fourth quarter KD short we can go on a run here if we can get a few stops string together a couple of good offensive

Possessions Thomas traveled for [ __ ] sake that’s not going to be the way you get out of the Run we have had six turnovers in this quarter compared to two in the first quarter that is a big reason why we find ourselves in a huge hole at the moment

Um and that is a reason why we’ve considered 30 35 points it feels like M to be honest but really it’s the offense that has been stunted only 24 points in the quarter Dennis does well to read the pass go on go on push it push it push it

Push it blooded oh oh my God I just said blotted blocked swatted combination of both then KD lost the ball and he was found going up that really sums [ __ ] up man because I didn’t see anything assertive about that fast break possession to be quite honest like

Dennis I think needed to use the extra that was trailing I think it was Claxton um sometimes Dennis gets into a little bit of a spot of bother with those fast break sequences but I mean nkit has had a really good game today you can’t really even though

Our scheme’s been [ __ ] rubbish trying to defend him you’ve got to be good enough to actually convert and take advantage and he’s been pretty good really good oh my God I think I see Harry JS getting up off the bench we’ve got a HG siding yes come

On finally he’s actually brought him in swallowed his pride and actually made a [ __ ] sensible change so KD to get the Suns into the hundreds converts one of two so 125 to play the other Silver Lining is the Suns we haven’t reached that fourth quarter where the Suns

Absolutely stink Bridges makes the three so two consecutive threes um made on the outside to cut it to 13 if we can get it down to 10 or 11 potential psychological boost Kick Out Bait doop is open and he hits for [ __ ] sake you can’t be telling me keer Bates deop is seriously

Making threes like that Bridges misses rebound by the Suns well well fought out by Giles but he um unfortunately had too many numbers to deal with and that one’s gone out of bounds by Beal after missing badly it’s going to be Nets ball with 34 seconds to play do we

Sprinted up with a two for one while Dennis is going to let the ball roll so it won’t consume clock oh you got to be kidding me bro that is a joke oh my God mate we didn’t even pick up the basketball and Giles commits an illegal screen that is I feel like

That’s just incidental contact man oh my God [ __ ] hate those calls like you literally just need to intentionally run into his leg and they probably call it a foul that’s a foul and Bill nearly got it to go it’s going to be two shots so how the [ __ ] from that position

Did the Suns get the two for one I’ve got absolutely no idea but that really just sums up the third quarter doesn’t it I blame the coach well we can blame the coach to a certain extent but you’ve got to also blame the fact that we’ve

Got taller Wings sitting in the G League or sitting on the bench unavailable right and we’ve also got W Wings we’ve also got wings unavailable injured so like look I’m I’m not really sure why he hasn’t played Watford and chares earlier but that being said like I don’t think they’re making a

Difference in all honesty like the Suns have Kevin Durant on their team they have Devon Booker on their team these aren’t players that are [ __ ] so sometimes you just have to put it down to Greatness and not coaching Dennis Johnson the drive he lost the ball

Again oh my God and it’s another [ __ ] foul so we’ve just completely sent them to the other end for no [ __ ] reason and we’re just gifting them points so the Suns have scored 30 or more in all in all three quars bro this guy was

Talking [ __ ] to KD on the bench and the security guard guard has come up to him as if to say what the [ __ ] are you doing sit your ass down sit your ass down not with the voice crack included that was just a Special Touch added by me

But you know what though I’m just holding out hope I’m just holding out hope that they do fall off in the last quarter like they usually do I don’t think it’s going to happen because it’s not like our Personnel is changing um but I could be surprised here we got

Three to shoot and we’re not even going to get one up O’Neal three it’s off and that’s the end of the quarter well the Suns shot 76% in the corner we scored 26 the Suns went on a Terr and scored 42 and that right there

Is your game I do think um if we look at the box score the suns are shooting just absurdly good numbers all over every single play is delivered um excuse me nurkic has got 25 could you believe it um KD’s got 27 Booker scored from all

Of his shots um they are just they’re just too good it’s really that simple it’s as simple as that um you know we could only hold up offensively for so long once the turnovers started to seep in that’s when things have become a lot more complicated um the starters have played

A decent enough game like efficiency wise everyone is shooting 50% or better um from the field I mean we’re not shooting it awfully the problem is the free throw is number one and also the turnovers we had two turnovers remember that two turnovers in the two turnovers in the first half we

Had eight in that quarter now that is just it’s unsustainable to hold a lead with eight turnovers in a quarter so the minute you do that um that’s when shit’s going to hit the fan um and evidently it has so this last quarter could honestly be anything um with the Way Phoenix usually

Play in last quarters that is the only thing I’m holding hope for um but that being said they are playing too well today I think to drop off as badly as they need to in order to choke this um there’s just no way so we’re going to have to have the

Quarter of our lives in order to actually win um I’m very interested to see to see what happens though for sure um we need to start off the last quarter positively though um and usually the way we end third quarters probably indicates how we’re going to go in last quarters

Um but we didn’t really end the last quarter the way we want to start the fourth so potentially I mean that probably cancels everything out in terms of us playing a good last quarter all righty all right 10687 if you are enjoying the stream make sure to drop a like on it

And subscribe if you are new we’ll be back forets versus Philly on the weekend um and then next week I believe we’ll be doing definitely two of the four games with the potential for 83d um I believe we played the Spurs the Mavericks the Warriors

And someone else at the back end of the week so the Suns will be the ones to trigger in from the restart they’ve got a Ki Booker Eubanks um and I didn’t catch the others Bates deop and who the [ __ ] that b so let’s see if we can make in roads

At the start of the quarter this will dictate whether we win or lose the game we’re playing this small ball bull crap again aogi on the outside back to Booker O’Neal is the five aogi is just left alone for three and he misses I think we’ll be happy to allow those Walker

Early offense I would imagine he’s going to drive behind the back on Bates deop didn’t lose him though D witty down the middle is shooting a step back two that is just a terrible shot shot Spencer can’t even make a three you expect him to make a mid-range absolutely

Not Booker picked up by Dennis the double arrives but we don’t know how to blitz so that definitely isn’t going to work be the step back over bridges that is off to the right the rebound for the Nets got to score when you get these stops Lonnie leaves it for Dennis the

Drive bumps bodies bounce past to Bridges now dwy who didn’t shoot three you got eub banks on you please drive kick out Dennis is left alone in the corner and that hits the side of the backboard my goodness usually he even like he at least hits the rim but that wasn’t even

Close Booker picked up by dwy on the wing bu to aogi bait doop will drive knocked Away by O’Neal and it will be Suns ball out of play 10:30 to go go no one has scored in this quarter thus far cam Thomas is going to check back in early because

Well down 19 what the hell’s the point of him sitting on the side the game could be gone when instead you could be making a run dwood is just being sent to the bench and I would imagine well that’s a perfect move that is a terrible defensive sequence just

Allowing an easy roll they’re just going to keep scoring dunks like you’re not going to make inroads allowing those looks walk of the drive kick out to Bridges it was a good screen off the ball missed by Mel Dennis fumbled it saves it for Bridges gets through out to

Walker O’Neal Thomas that’s a terrible pass for him he’s got to go fetch it the driving kick Walker’s open and he he hits back iron we get another offensive board Walker goes again from the same spot and hits so so Lonnie hasn’t really been making the shot at an efficient rate today but

Um that’s an important one for sure Bill the drive the layup is too easy we’re just too small we are just too small small ball is useless you are not going to get any form of offensive reward or Merit for playing Five out like this when defensive your traffic

Cones and just allowing easy layups O’Neal for three well he hits a three but we can’t win a shootout when we’re down 17 sure you can score 25 points for the rest of the game but you’re going to concede probably 30 Bill tie up by O’Neal but they’ve called a

Foul with 9 minutes to play and Bill was going up so it’s going to be two shots the big question is why would the Nets dress like pum when their brand is supposed to be No Nonsense black and white that’s that’s the case for every city Edition Jersey nowadays Bill misses

The first free throw that’s the case for every single Jersey City Edition in the NBA like whoops like why why are Indiana wearing a jersey that looks like multiple buckets of paint was just just splashed over fabric like that’s I’m pretty sure that’s not their brand I’m pretty sure that’s not their

Brand Thomas to the corner for Lonnie back to CT he’s going to drive get through the layup is good I think that’s really the way we’re going to get back into this one if anything Booker the screen double Booker drives he’s got Walker picking him up on the Baseline knocked away Walker gets

The steel push push push push push Bridges pulls up for three yes oh my God the Mel 3 hasn’t looked any more confident than what it currently looks like right now this season like he is looked very hesitant at stages but right here he just stepped into it squared up

Money and so the Nets have gotten off to a very ideal start in this last quarter it’s 11198 and um well is there an opportunity for Brooklyn to potentially make a run and capitalize on a very vulnerable Sun’s team in in this stage of the the game potentially there is a chance for

It um look I’m not counting my chickens but there is a chance we’ve hit 143s we’ve done nearly everything right to get ourselves in this position if we don’t turn it over in the last quarter we get to the free throw line a bunch um you could foresee a potential comeback

On the cards but it’s going to start with the defense and everything will fall into place if we can well build off of that suns have played an eight-man rotation will they get tied probably not but um I think we’ve got to try force a few steals um turnovers were heavily

Lopsided the Suns had like next to none in that third quarter so well let’s see if the Nets can go on this run that we are Desiring um they were down at 3/4 Time by 17 points um so it is it is a long way back but I

Mean Now’s the Time if if any team is going to give up a lead aside from us it is it is probably the Phoenix Suns in fourth quarters why is Spencer even on the court I couldn’t give you an answer to be honest um Nets need to outscore the

Opposition in the fourth quarter year now as I keep saying yeah the Suns the Suns find ways against good teams against [ __ ] teams they get outscored on a regular basis I don’t know what it is I don’t know if it’s psychological I don’t know if their scheme Falls flat and they just play

Herob ball or what but maybe the psychological element could come into play here if bridges’ three is looking good then why isn’t he shooting more of them I mean he shot he shot 10 threes today so I don’t think he can shoot many more than what he’s shot today um he’s only

Taken four shots inside the three-point line so I don’t think you can complain with the shot selection and how many threes he’s taking when he’s taking 10 thre so you know yeah okay so 13-point game and the Suns will of possession with 827 a play there is a

Long way to go in this one a good run or two smaller runs away from actually tying things up really when you break it break it down it becomes a lot more manageable aogi gets it to Eubanks and now Booker will shoot over cam Thomas and score

Look as far as I’m concerned I’m happy to go down but not without a fight you’ve got to be far more aggressive and Far More Physical Walker to the corner for O’Neal out to Bridges picked up by KD bounce pass to Walker in Rhythm the three is long and there’s

Been a lot of Threes that have looked exactly like that for lonie KD oneon-one with Bridges to the corner Johnson reads it and gets the steal but we need to be assertive with this too slow O’Neal is in the corner pump fake open look off like that is

Just no other team looks as unconvincing in transition as the Nets Nets team do get a steal capitalize on it that’s short by Booker and now the Nets can drive through Walker got rid of Booker and wasn’t able to get get it up and in but he will get free throws in the

Nets have an opportunity to cut the deficit without the shot clock or sorry the game clock from moving and let’s see what the results are out of this 11398 the score Walker at the line converts the first I can sense this this game going into single digits how far down I’m not

Sure but I can sense a little bit of hesitancy almost or like a little bit of not anxiety but just a little bit of uncertainty it almost see almost seems like they’ve already been outscored by four in the quarter that’s inbounded to KD Walker is giving him a fair bit of

Attention they’re going to have to get it past half court Beal does get by before the 8 seconds are up Bill to KD Walker is really tightly guarding him oh my God that’s a typical foul called off reaction and not actual hang on have a look bro that is that’s milking it right

In front of the officials Bell was there a bit oh my God that’s just easy you cannot have KD enabled to just have a Runway like that to the rim that’s just not going to work just not going to work you’re not going to get back into

The game with that sort of defensive happening so KD at the line seven minutes to play KD makes the first gets it back up to 14 second free throw being lined up and it is good So 15-point game have outscored the suns in the quarter but not by the amount that you would have hoped from a very well from a Suns team that usually has an absolute stinker in the last quarter that cam Thomas 3 is not going to help shooting contested threes like that

One KD the screen arrives the switch Bridges picking up KD KD picks up his dribble well read by Walker a turnover and now the Nets can push got to push walk Walker pulls up for three and converts it’s down to 12 and Lonnie is very very fired up

Gordon bro that is a very open three that’s got to go the other way dbook reckons that it’s dbook reckons that it’s off Lonnie Walker and so they’ve challenged the call so the the suns are going to challenge it um after that Eric Gordon wide open 3 was missed let’s have a look

Ooh they’ll win it they’ll win that call the suns are going to get another look in and that is a well-used timeout by Phoenix probably not only to rally the troops and and sort of calm them down a little bit but also well to get another possession if that goes our way then

They’ve lost the time out and we can potentially cut it to single digits um all righty if you are enjoying the stream make sure to drop a like And subscribe if you are new we’ll be back for Nets Philly also there is a donation button so if you would like

To um contribute with a donation that I mean all earnings will go back into the channel so it’s not going to a bad place um you’re more than welcome to to donate a small amount any amount if you’d like um is yeah I mean these take a fair

Chunk of my time so um that of course of course is not obl an obligation as well um but yeah this one is currently a dozen um the Suns will probably win the challenge and um as a result it will be Suns ball um that is a big challenge to

Win as well because it’s at that margin where things could potentially swing the way of the Nets it’s very very uncertain as to which way this game could sort of go um it’s even more so because well the suns are um professional chokers at this stage of the game

So it’s going to be interesting to see what the final six minutes have in store but um we’ve just got to keep on keeping on it’s really that simple um yeah all righty oh oh they’ve caught it unsuccessful wow so there was nothing that they could find in that review that

Could be proved as decisive and thus allow him to overturn the decision so the Nets can cut this to under 10 points with a make here from the outside it’s Thomas the drive looking for Walker in the corner oh my God CLX was open for like a long long

Time and then Walker’s just thrown it into the back cour where the [ __ ] is he going that is a big opportunity wasted plom was open under the basket in the end that is an absolutely nightmarish play for Lonnie Walker nurkic that is a terrible foul to commit

By Lonnie he’s just had a shocking 30 seconds of uh game time so KD getting guarded by Lonnie Walker down the stretch so Spencer Dy has not been the matchup six minutes to play Ball’s going to be inbounded by Booker I would imagine one two Booker

Picks up his dribble back to Bill back to Booker screen and switch Booker one-onone with Claxton he pulls up and that’s off the rebound needs to be secured but of course we don’t beline it and don’t get the board oh that’s such a good move by KD and that is exactly what

Happens if you’re going to have Claxton guarding the perimeter significantly smaller players oh my God how has that happened he did a full three 60 on the rim then landed in the lap of Cam Thomas and he was able to flip it up and in it’s 12 points the difference we have

Had opportunity after opportunity to potentially make inroads good move by Gordon the side stepping three is good and I don’t know why the [ __ ] we’re playing Blitz when we like it’s just an automatic wide open look for the opposition Walker moves through kicks it back out to CT who will

Drive inste step back on Booker and score and um we can keep on scoring but that’s not the area we need to mend KD picked up by bridges on the outside bounce past to Beal to the corner for Gordon he’ll shoot it again cuz he’s wide open but it’s off and I

Think we’re really going to live with the Gordon 3es down the stretch Johnson had it knocked away ridges it’s a foul on Booker and it’s going to be net ball dbooks picked up his fifth so he needs to be the guy you attack down the stretch here to keep the scoreboard

Ticking this is exactly what you have to you have to do so 4:30 to play 13-point game the Nets have outscored the suns in the quarter but not nearly by the amount that they needed in order to get back in this game Thomas is picked up by Gordon Thomas shoots the mid-range and

Scores how has he managed that one that is a tough shot and Gordon played really good defense there Johnson tried to get the steal nage back to Kevin Durant and it’s another dunk why do why are we blitzing what’s the point you’re just the allowing dunk

After dunk or wide open three after wide open three Walker scores for two and that was the right idea cuz book is on five fouls Gordon going to get by half court we’re doubling again which doesn’t work KD to nkic picked up by O’Neal he’s going to back him down

Johnson comes over to help nkic can’t score but there’s another [ __ ] foul every time we look like where we’ve done the job there’s always that little extra 5% that we didn’t know about and thus we give it away you look at those rebounds that we could have gotten you look at those fast

Break transition possessions we went just not capitalizing nearly enough on so many points left on the table but nkic misses the free throw and gives us a little bit of Hope it really feels like we’ve conceded about 140 points today to be honest cuz like yeah like it it really feels like

We’ve just been traffic cones for the most part Thomas is going to let it roll picks it up at the logo on ourside O’Neal back to Thomas the screen the drive reverse is good it’s down to 10 we’re running out of time and time is

Not our friend KD to nkic just gets it by the half court line Bill crosscourt to Booker to the corner for Gordon it’s just the same [ __ ] every single time why are you blitzing it doesn’t work walk of the drive the layup is good time and time again you keep on

Saying it the blitz is not going to work stop trying the blitz it doesn’t work we’re not good at doing it it just keeps on being an outnumber well the Nets we’re able to get a steal for once actually applying the blitz we’re got to move it walk of

The drive got Booker on him kick out to Thomas Bridges three sits up on the rim and it hit the top of the backboard so it won’t count that’s just not the three that you want that is that is yet again I think that’s just the wrong shot

I think Lonnie actually had to go up and really get into the body of Booker like right now we’re just allowing dunks bro it’s just so stupid like it’s it’s just so brain dead why do you keep blitzing them when you can just play him oneon-one yes you’re forcing the passes but you’re

Not rotating nearly aggressively enough to actually get to actually get the steel it would have made it very interesting if Mel made the three but I think we’ve got too much ground to make up at this stage surely nkic makes the first so this is so painful I mean it’s

It’s not even it’s not like where like it’s not really that surprising it is sort of Death By A Thousand Cuts but at the same time like I expected this like the way we’ve been defending today I don’t think it matters how bad the suns are in fourth quarters like

We’ll bail them out every single time because the Personnel Remains the Same Bridges Johnson quick trigger yes it’s down to 10 but we have got very limited amounts of time to work with you Bill you got to try deny him across the line but yet again with just a low open

Looks they’re going to feed nerkish they’re going to kick it out to Gordon they’ll give it back to nurkic knocked off by Walker he’s got another steal Bridges Rhythm three oh my God bro those are the looks that he was hitting in the second and third

Quarters if if he made both of the threes it looks very very interesting and Booker is forced into a timeout because he was trapped right in the corner of the back court or right near the back court I I just I I think that we didn’t play the cards right I think that

Mel probably like we shouldn’t have looked for the three I think when you’ve got a player like d book who is on 5, I think you needed to drive you needed to look for where he was on the court you needed to pass it to the player that is getting picked up by

Him and then you needed to attack it you look back at the end of the first half when Mel missed the two free throws and then blew the layup we could have done with those four points right about now a six-point game at this stage would have looked very interesting

Um this small ball has to stop it’s a major part of what got us in the hole it’s not working I mean it isn’t working you’re right but you think JV is going to really be be deterred from that I don’t think so I don’t think he really cares about the

Outcome um it’s like he keeps going with the same process so it’s been a shootout today 12818 the score if you are enjoying make sure to drop a like And subscribe if you are new we’ll be back forets versus the Sixers in about 2 to three days

Um the Nets did Trail by as much as I reckon about 21 sliced the deficit in half but unfortunately their defense hasn’t been good enough um to really compensate Bal I mean he’s got no pressure to really pass it off Gordon three oh my God that is a [ __ ] joke of a

Three-pointer he can’t even make wide open threes half the time and he’s made that one hanging in the air trying to draw contact this one’s done this one is done Thomas the layup missed it rebound I don’t think we’ve had a free throw in the second half

Booker the three in the corner that’s it game over buddy 134 points and Booker does the Mel celebration right in Mel’s face and that is that I like the Antics honestly I rate it but like realistically 134 points conceded we know how many times we have shipped that amount of points off it’s

Actually been a while since we’ve conceded this many points um and look you’re going to get punished our record when we concede over 120 is just trash so this one’s done um yeah look I mean it’s like partially to do with the coaching in in the sense that I don’t know why the

[ __ ] JV persisted with small ball for so long like it just simply put is the dumbest idea and then to play Blitz for this long like you’re just allowing open shots it’s not like our Blitz is ever effective so look I think it was always going to be a matchup nightmare this one

Especially with no um like no Dron sharp no vny Smith no Simmons um yeah it’s pretty killer so yeah 134 118 we’re going to wind this one down but look it was all done in the third quarter really um that being said they’ve absolutely piled on the points in the last quarter

As well um how many points have they scored like 28 I think so look Valley and effort I would say with the Personnel we’ve got available but we’re just too small we were just too too small and the plays that they’ve put out there they just they just cooked and they recognized the

Advantage and just kept feeding into it we don’t do that enough with the advantages we sometimes have um and we don’t capitalize enough we’re too passive and um we got killed Eubanks is going to back down Giles the kick out he’s knocked away and Goodwins fumbled it bro

I swear to God Dennis didn’t even touch that Goodwin the drive the layup scores over Dennis who barely got minutes in this second half either as well I guess you could say Walker behind the back the layup is Saucy but the Suns would dribble out the clock um and even though their defense

Was pretty [ __ ] ass um when you’ve got Booker Bill and KD this should be the expectation to score 136 points nearly every game um they did what they had to do um and and quite frankly if they didn’t it would have been a disaster um for the Suns but they they

Got the job done um and the clock will expire and that will do it so ultimately we outscore them in the quarter but not quite by the advantage that you would mildly expect um from a son’s last quarter um but that is it and the Nets lose by 16

Shipping off a crap ton of points um those leaving now if you did enjoy make sure to drop a like on on the way out um And subscribe if you are new we will be doing a short post game um we drop to 19 and 28 on the season the Suns I mean

Look at those percentages like you’re never ever going to lose a game shooting like that sorry shooting like that getting 32 free throws shooting above 50% from the field shooting oh from three shooting above 60% from um the field like 28 for nurkic 33 for KD 22 to Booker

Like it’s just like we saw this coming nurkic scoring 28 is just pretty poverty by this team to not try something different in the second half he should not be well having 15 shots a game let alone scoring 28 points from those 15 shots um we didn’t force enough

Turnovers in the second half I do feel at the back end of the game there may have been a small inkling of Hope um ultimately though this team just didn’t have the Firepower really um and didn’t have the Personnel to really combat what the suns were doing on offense um cam

Thomas ended the game with uh 24 25 points the high man um two steals to go with four dimes um Walker had 17 Off the Bench Bridges hit 6 threes Johnson was decent blackton scored 12 and had n boards but didn’t really have much help guarding um in terms of guarding nurkic

And Spencer had 16 he wasn’t awful either um overall it wasn’t a bad game on the offensive side we shot 5040 not quite 90 um the free throws really um dried up in the second half only the 13 when you have 20 less free throws than your opposition that’s

Always going to place you in a bad spot the turnovers we let ourselves down in the third quarter we conceded 42 points in that quarter um and eight of our 11 turnovers happened in that quarter so that just speaks to the importance of playing four quarters one quarter can

Absolutely send you in the bin like put you in the bin you know in terms of the potential outcome eight turnovers is too much like you know that that is the difference really um rebounds we got killed by by about 15 but I think that speaks more about how many shots the

Suns were making um and really the fact that because they were making all these shots we didn’t have a chance simply put to um actually um well get the rebound so yeah that is really all we hit 163 that’s a good return so it’s good to see the

Threes are falling now um Mel cam Johnson cam Thomas making thre’s help um and lonie Off the Bench we didn’t have him for the longest time he played 30 minutes tonight so um it’s fair to say he is off the minutes restriction he had seven dimes and four steals with the 19

Points so I think he was superb today um but it really comes down to one simple thing and um it’s simply put we didn’t have enough height size physicality there was none of it today a lot of jump shots Phoenix a lot of free throws for

Phoenix there wasn’t really a lot of us meeting them at the rim and not fouling um it was just too easy for them uh the rebounds as we’ve seen Fair disparity there but probably because you know they had more well the suns were getting a lot of free throws if they weren’t

Scoring um like if they were missing shots they were getting bailed out by a free throw um and overall they missed only 30 shots shots for the game so compared to our 46 that’s obviously going to lead to a few more rebounds so um overall this was all offense today

Um and and there’s not really any any other way you can really um like there’s no two ways about it that’s that’s the way the game went you know and the score line really indicates that so um that’s going to do it from me if there’s any final comments you have

Let’s have a look um I hate to tell you this but Mel doesn’t seem to be a clutch player well granted it shouldn’t have even like Mel had his moments where he didn’t convert but he hits 63s on 50% shooting so um this game is like a blowout if maau

Doesn’t convert like even half of those um the Nets should have expected to lose based on those idiotic uniforms you are obsessed with the idiotic nature of the uniforms I know it’s true but I feel like like we don’t need to hear it more than once I think the Nets have like

That ship has sailed for Nets fans um I think we’re talking about the onfield product now um let’s have a look at what other people are saying um we played small ball and got nered we did yeah I think that is the greatest way to sum it up really um one of the

Few aussy net fans I think hang in their made out time will come again well I don’t know how far away it is um given we’re sitting in mediocrity but um all we can do is just take it one game at a at a time not really get too

Obsessed with the direction of the franchise and just worry about what we’re watching on the court um unfortunately it wasn’t a win today but I think going in it was always going to be a tough assignment we knew Ben was out we knew Vinnie Smith was out we knew

That JV was probably not going to play Harry JS we know day run sharp is out so um it’s a really bad game to have all those players out but um you know what can you do really um do we know when Ben will be back well I’m hoping it’s against Philly so

Um yeah hopefully that is what eventuates um especially with MB to maxia well I don’t know in typical net fashion it would be so Nets to have to play Philly when embiid and Maxi return I don’t think embiid’s going to play because hyper extensions are bad injuries and obviously we saw what

Happened yesterday um Maxi I can so see him returning to play us and absolutely cooking um which would be great for my fantasy team but not so much for my Nets fandom so um yeah I mean his agent has said that he’s going to play against Philly like

The fall was so innocuous I think a baby would actually be able to recover quicker than Ben um and be less affected because he even got helped on the way down it was a very graceful fall I don’t even know how he got injured on the back of that um but

As I’ve said time and time again this guy’s made of glass we know he’s good when he does play the problem is that argument is sort of useless if he doesn’t play so take those words um in in whatever way you will um but anyway we will be back fet’s Philly on

The weekend it’ll be an earlier start so make sure to tune in then um but until then thank you make sure to stay safe in in the time in between um thanks for for tuning in your chat messages all of that is there an Australian pro basketball

League it um it is there is one the NBL um it’s where lamelo ball um started before he joined the NBA it is where um Josh giddy was before he went to the NBA um so quite a few players um from the NBA like that’s where they start before they

Go to the NBA and then that’s also where they go potentially if they’re not good enough you know so it’s um a good little little league that I think is um well it’s slowly becoming larger and more recognized you see a couple of teams from Australia play NBA teams in

Preseason so um yeah there is a league if you want to search it up you can um and see what it’s all about it’s only 10-minute quarters though I think it’s feber rules um so 10minute quarters the score lines are much smaller um lower it’s like some games will be decided

Like 8580 and that’s normal because a lot of teams usually don’t exceed the 100 point mark anyway that’s going to do it thank you for tuning in as I’ve said um we will see you in 48 72 hours whenever it is um but thank you have a good one see you bye for

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