“Playoffs is BACK” – ESPN on Brooklyn Nets DESTROY Atlanta Hawks 124-97; Dennis Schröder 23 Pts
Home in the first of four straight here at Barkley Center they win at 12497 and Frank after that road trip I Megan triplet was up here on the pregame show saying that the players thought that was a wakeup call and the smelling salts were applied after halftime when
The lead was cut down to six from 19 give credit to interim head coach Kevin oi this team really showed up in the second half really a terrific night for the Brooklyn Nets congratulations to Kevin Oly getting his first home win we talked about it after the Orlando game
Do you want to make something of your season do you want to try to make a run for the playin tournament get into 10th Place the team that you’re going to play twice over the next 48 hours is the Atlanta Hawks they’re above you and what happened tonight for the Brooklyn Nets
They played the conic basketball game that we know that they’re capable of playing the kind of game that they needed to play over the LA previous five games we only W one and got blown out in the other four this was a really good sign for the Nets because offensively
They had it going they gave a lot of effort on the defensive end I thought cam Johnson was outstanding he set a great tone tone early on how about Dennis shooter and cam Johnson a combin 19 for 30 and they were 12 of 18 on three pointers I mean they didn’t miss
Yeah they didn’t and they were the main reason you said in the pregame show the Nets have to come up with offense from some other place with Cam Thomas on the bench with Ben Simmons not playing as well and Dennis shuder cam Johnson and Mel Bridges they all what I liked about
Cam Johnson though he was wearing his emotions on his sleeve after the road trip I mean I’m sorry after the allstar break he was upset that he was coming off the bench so what do you do when you get the opportunity to get back into the starting lineup you got to perform so
It’s not about just sulking you have to go out there and play the way that he came out in the first quarter he was terrific think about this he finished with 29 Points you know didn’t even essentially play in the fourth quarter in his previous five games he scored a
Total of 41 points tonight he had 29 in essentially 3/4s a play to me that was a big time performance from a guy that’s been in big games before let’s remember he was on a phoenix team that made it to the NBA finals so the players told us
Before the game and after the game in Orlando they understand the importance of playing Atlanta over these two games or I should say over these three days in Brooklyn they played like it tonight three games back now of the Atlanta Hawks and more importantly the Nets hold
The edge in the season series it’s now 2 to one in in favor of Brooklyn they’ve won the last two of three so far this season and how about this Frank the first two games decided by a total of three points and in those first two
Games we had 70 lead changes we had 21 ties zero lead changes amazing a wire to wire performance for the Brooklyn Nets that’s a great win like you said 70 lead changes the previous two times I played you called the game on December 6th there were 46 lead changes you don’t see
See that very often in an NBA game also 11 ties but I think it showed you tonight if you have pride and if you care about making something of your season you’re going to play the way the Brooklyn Nets did tonight because the game against Orlando that wasn’t good
Enough I understand the Nets had some guys missing in that game cam Thomas Ben Simmons but Orlando was missing paa banero they’re All-Star player the Nets needed a big- Time response and I think you know when I think of Kevin Allen you watch him during his uh pregame press
Conference post game he’s a very serious guy it’s there’s a lot of you know there’s no nonsense to him and I think the Brooklyn Nets showed you that tonight it really is their best performance in a long time I thought they played really well in Minnesota up
Until really the last8 minutes of the game but in terms of complete performance against a team I’ll let you remember Atlanta Hawks don’t have Trey young but they had won their previous two games without Trey young they had been four and three without Trey young and offensively they did enough it was
The Nets who just ran through them we talked so much about Atlanta’s defense on the pregame show they they was missing tonight and you brought up cam Johnson and Dennis shuder but we’re going to focus on cam Johnson here for a second Frank his career high is 38
Against the Knicks back in March of 2022 he also scored 33 against the Knicks last March and now on February 29th it could have been March again I know he has a big game here against the hall yeah so much for the Lea year that was
Him leaping at the end of the first quarter with the dunk what was interesting in that first quarter he knocks down his first first three three-pointers he takes a shot in the head from sadique Bay as Sadiq Bay went to make a move it was inadvertent but he
Took a shot drew blood went to the locker room and you’re thinking did he break his nose is he going to come back oh he came back all right and he was really good look at the numbers for cam Johnson tonight 73 pointers two shy as
Per high and March 4th 2022 was the game against the Knicks with the Suns where he scored a career-high 38 with those nine threes now let’s take a look at the leading scorers in this game and you see that de jonte Murray had 20 points in
The first half just eight in the second half cooled off as did the Hawks it was a huge defensive effort by the Nets in the second half cam Johnson led the way for Brooklyn Dennis shuder right behind him with 23 and moments ago he was with our Megan triplet on the
Floor thanks Chris Dennis coming off right thanks back to you Chris Megan Dennis thank you very much and Frank you know we saw in the first quarter this was his third straight start he was the Catalyst to the Nets getting out to that quick start you saw him dribble Drive penetrating and
Kicking out getting open threes especially for cam Johnson he was really the engine that got the Nets going yeah over those last three games he’s now averaging 18 and a half points per game also was a guy that didn’t factor in the fourth quarter because he did all his
Work in the first three quarters to put the game away I thought his allaround game was terrific and what you like about Dennis schruder you leave him open he’s going to take the shot and he’s and he seems to be pretty consistent knocking it down I think his Poise on
The court I think it really works well with the team that they got he doesn’t come out there thinking I got to score 35 points in order for us to win he seems to always shoot at the right time doesn’t really seem to force anything and look at the rebounds look at the
Assists that he had tonight and only two turnovers all right Frank we’re going to step aside take our first break here on the Honda Nets postgame show a big win a huge win for the Brooklyn Nets Kevin Ali’s first as interim head coach here in Brooklyn and uh before the game it
Was pretty much his thought process to be Cobra Kai and go by their Credo strike First Strike hard no mercy and our Megan triplet she asked him about that Kevin you mentioned during pregame that you wanted this team to hit first and you guys did that in that first
Quarter and it just kind of like started from there what stood out to you about this the way the team came out and was able to go wire or wire um like you say we hit first um just our energy our effort those are things we can control
I’m going to keep saying that um they get tired of me saying it but that’s just part of me that’s my coach voice that’s what I believe in and we just going to continue to be the toughest team we have to play like that um our
Recipe that we need to keep cooking is no low turnovers and sharing the cake and I keep saying that over and over again but when we have nine turnovers and 30 assists that’s our recipe to winning and when we have high turnovers we find ourselves in a um in tough game
So I want to just continue that I know Quinn is going to make adjustments um he’s going to come out and do his counter punching and we got to step it up even another level to get a win on Saturday something that was key for tonight this game was really won from
Behind the r 223s you mentioned the other night that you believe that these the shots were going to start falling what made it different tonight as a group I don’t know a little home cooking um hugging they wives they significant others whatever it is let them keep
Doing it um and then come back on Saturday and repeat that performance Kevin cam was coming off the bench post Allstar break he’s gotten two straight starts tonight pours in what 29 um 28 just just for him to respond in that way you know what does that to say
About Cam he’s just a professional um we talked when I made the decision and um he was just a professional he was just like what can I do uh to help our team and we had a great talk and he just accepted his role and that’s what that’s
What happens when you’re a good Steward over the minutes that you get uh Guy usually work it out for you and I think you know him just believing in himself believing in the team doing whatever it takes for the team um to win I think that just votes very well for his
Character and he’s a better person than basketball player and and um you know I just want say good kudos to him and he just played lights out tonight um he’s been getting good looks Zo spee I your heart so come fore spee spee foree lete okay for for go look for foreign foreign
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“Playoffs is BACK” – ESPN on Brooklyn Nets DESTROY Atlanta Hawks 124-97; Dennis Schröder 23 Pts
