With four games to go before the end, the Nets are mathematically guaranteed to have their place in “play-in”. The challenge is to know where the Brooklyn players (40v-38d) will finish. Seventh place for the Cavs (43-36) seems out of reach, unlike the eighth for the Hawks (41-37), to whom they lost this weekend despite Kevin Durant’s 55 points.
The Nets now occupy a modest 10th place tied with the Hornets (40-38). To qualify for the playoffs, they would have to win twice in the “play-in”, where with 8th place, a “simple” victory against the 7th, probably the Cavs, would validate their qualification. Despite the now permanent presence of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Nets do not have the easiest course against them.
« We’ve faced a lot of adversity this year.”recalls Steve Nash. “We will regroup, take a day off and come back ready to rebuild. We have four big games left and we’ve been playing some good basketball lately. We were unlucky not to win a few more over this period. We have to empty our minds, recover and get back to work. »
The concern of the Nets technician is the constant of his team. Since a series of four consecutive victories at the beginning of March, the New Yorkers have won and then lost. Victory against the Jazz, loss against the Grizzlies, victory in Miami, loss against the Hornets…
Kyrie Irving’s Metaphor
« We have to find that consistency, and I know we will. Time is not on our side but I have confidence in our group and I know that we are capable of doing what we have to do. “, Displays Kyrie Irving, who has multiplied the messages of the genre. ” Our guys are disappointed, they know we can play better. We can’t make excuses. We gotta be ready to play, find a way to make it happen “, adds Steve Nash.
To regain some consistency before the decisive matches, the Nets can count on a favorable schedule to finish: reception of the Rockets next night, trip to the Knicks then reception of the Cavs and the Pacers. Four matches well within their reach which could end in as many successes.
But on condition, warns Kyrie Irving, that New Yorkers are ready for “war”, which the leader uses the metaphor.
« Take the bulletproof vest, the handgun, the rocket launcher, the AK, take everything. You load all ammo. It’s just a metaphor but you go home and prepare for war. […] We have no time to waste. In the home stretch, we have to find an answer. »
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Kevin Durant | 51 | 37.0 | 52.4 | 39.3 | 90.5 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 30.1 |
| Kyrie Irving | 25 | 37.2 | 46.8 | 42.4 | 91.2 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 27.1 |
| James Harden | 44 | 37.0 | 41.4 | 33.2 | 86.9 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 22.5 |
| Seth Curry | 17 | 30.0 | 49.0 | 47.7 | 88.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 15.1 |
| Lamarcus Aldridge | 45 | 22.8 | 55.4 | 31.1 | 87.3 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 13.5 |
| Andre Drummond | 20 | 22.7 | 60.8 | 0.0 | 51.9 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 11.7 |
| Patty Mills | 77 | 29.1 | 40.6 | 39.8 | 82.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| Joe Harris | 14 | 30.2 | 45.2 | 46.6 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 11.3 |
| Cam Thomas | 63 | 18.2 | 43.0 | 26.5 | 82.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| Nicolas Claxton | 43 | 20.6 | 67.2 | 0.0 | 58.0 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 8.7 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 68 | 24.0 | 50.3 | 38.1 | 74.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 8.6 |
| Goran Dragic | 16 | 25.5 | 37.6 | 24.5 | 73.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 7.3 |
| Blake Griffin | 56 | 17.1 | 42.5 | 26.2 | 72.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 32 | 12.2 | 57.7 | 28.6 | 58.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 6.2 |
| Kessler Edwards | 44 | 20.0 | 41.5 | 37.4 | 81.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 5.8 |
| Deandre’ Bembry | 48 | 19.8 | 56.8 | 41.7 | 60.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| James Johnson | 62 | 19.2 | 46.9 | 27.1 | 52.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| David Duke | 21 | 16.2 | 36.1 | 24.3 | 81.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Jevon Carter | 46 | 12.0 | 33.3 | 33.1 | 70.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| Paul Millsap | 24 | 11.2 | 37.6 | 22.2 | 70.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| Langston Galloway | 4 | 14.6 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| James Ennis | 2 | 6.8 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 2 | 11.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
