The Magic got off to a flying start, and Robin Lopez quickly got ahead with six points from the first three actions of the game. Blake Griffin, supposed to lead the greatly diminished local troop in this battle on Saturday evening, is still in the run-in, and the visitors are taking advantage of it.
Gary Harris takes over from the bushy veteran pivot, and packs the machine, snapping 13 points. Steve Nash asks his players, who lack automation, to tighten the screw in defense, but the instructions of the Canadian technician are not followed for the moment. At the break, Orlando is logically in the lead on the scoreboard (50-44).
Cam Thomas attacks the second period with the desire to put his people back on track, and the former LSU will attack the circle seeing the defensive largesse of Orlando. But the Floridians want to take advantage of the difficult situation in which Brooklyn finds itself, and end their series of seven defeats in a row.
David Duke Jr is in the oven and in the mill, and the former Providence shines by swallowing a maximum of offensive rebounds and putting enormous energy in defense! The Magic is in the hard, but does not fold. Despite the onslaught of Steve Nash’s men, the visitors won this duel (100-93).
WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER
– 8 active players for the Nets. Blake Griffin, Patty Mills and … not much else to put in their mouths for Steve Nash against Floridians. Ravaged by the Covid-19, Brooklyn had to sign James Ennis III, Shaquille Harrison and give great playing time to Langston Galloway to be able to play this game. Day’Ron Sharpe, who still warmed up about an hour before the start of the match, was also placed in solitary confinement a few minutes before kick-off. The “front office” of the Nets grits its teeth…
– 3/24 at 3-pointers in the first half for the locals. Not at all on their plate from afar, the Nets crossed the Gobi Desert in the first period with their shots from afar. Indeed, only one player registered his name in the list of three-point scorers in the first period: Blake Griffin! With 3/8 long distance, the veteran turned on, and converted from distance.
– 8 offensive rebounds for Duke Jr! The Liberian-born fullback is a real rebound sucker. 14 catches in total, and above all 8 (!) rebounds gobbled up in the opposing camp! Mounted on springs, he stuck two superb tap dances at high altitude, and on a sequence during the third quarter, he even took 3 offensive rebounds in a row on the truffle of Robin Lopez, who is still 19 centimeters taller than him!
TOPS/FLOPS
✅ Robin Lopez. Propelled holder because of multiple absences, the veteran pivot responded and left his mark on the meeting. With 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, the former Knicks was difficult to control in the paint by the locals, who only had Blake Griffin available in this position, and poor Kessler Edwards as a “fallback solution”. at station 5 tonight.
✅ David Duke Jr. As Richard Jefferson, an analyst for the television channel that broadcasts the Brooklyn matches, said, this kind of match “must be used for young people to let go of the horses! “. And David Duke Jr. understood the lesson perfectly: with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 2 steals, the 22-year-old rookie was everywhere, in “watchdog” mode, even giving hope to his team in money time.
⛔ Kessler Edwards. 9 points at 4/13 on shots for the rookie out of Pepperdine, but also the thankless task of playing at the pivot position for a good part of the match due to lack of rotation inside.
⛔ The NBA. It’s obviously complicated for the league to postpone matches, because stalling them later in the season risks being very complicated, but with the health protocol currently in place, these meetings with so many absent spoil the show and distort the picture. sporty appearance.
THE FOLLOWING
Brooklyn (21-9) : back-to-back and duel against the Nuggets (night from Sunday to Monday, at 1:30 a.m.).
Orlando (6-25) : trip to Canada to face the Toronto Raptors (night from Monday to Tuesday, at 1:30 a.m.).
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