Despite absences in shambles, the Nets win in Indiana at the finish thanks in particular to their young people. We hold the improbable victory of the night in the NBA.
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Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons, Nic Claxton, Seth Curry, Royce O’Neale, TJ Warren and Joe Harris. No, we are not giving you the Nets roster but the list of unavailable players for the night’s game once morest the Pacers. Between small sores for some and rest for others, Jacque Vaughn had limited choices when going to Indiana. Opposite, Rick Carlisle might count on a full group for the occasion. Enough to imagine a rather quiet victory for the farmers, especially at home.
It was without counting on the abnegation of these young Nets, chaperoned as it should be by Patty Mills and Markieff Morris, the old veterans. No KD or Uncle Drew tonight but Edmond Sumner, Day’Ron Sharpe and especially Cam Thomas. It looks like the COVID period but those who normally serve as second knives did not want to joke once morest Indiana. Despite 14 points behind in the third quarter, the Nets will indeed succeed in returning the Pacers, in the wake of a HUGE Cam Thomas. The leader of the bench scored 33 points including… 21 in the money time. Enough to get rid of Tyrese Haliburton’s friends, who still had a 7-point lead 5 minutes from the end.
So it’s another victory for Brooklyn, the seventh in eight games and the Nets are slowly but surely approaching the Top 3 in the Eastern Conference. The Cavs are less than two games apart. What if the second Big Apple franchise had finally found its stride?
No Kevin Durant, no Big 3, no problem for the Nets. Great victory in Indiana thanks to the reserves, proof that this Brooklyn team has solid backs. It’s coming back strong in the East.
