Egor Dëmin struggled through an invisible three-point, four-foul game in the Nets’ 123-110 win over Utah on Thursday night at Barclays Center, recording a low-energy 20:23 — and just 3:32 in the fourth quarter as he ceded playing duties to Ben Saraf and Tyrese Martin. But coach Jordi Fernández gave the lottery a pass, saying […]
Jordi Fernández couldn’t remember ever seeing the number of fast break points on Monday’s stats. The Nets’ first home win of the season came from turning defense into offense with 22 fast break points scored. They also had a season-high 33 assists against 11 turnovers, and they forced 18 turnovers from the Hornets for 27 […]
It was another battle between two of the NBA’s best tankers. The Nets and Hornets met to open the NBA season in October, and the Nets looked the part of one of the league’s worst teams this year with a 19-point loss. This time it was a competitive battle until the end, as the Nets […]
Friday was one of the rare nights where the Nets had at least four of their record five first-round picks healthy and available. It resulted in a banner evening for their youngsters. Egor Dëmin had a career night with 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists in 30:29, shooting 8 of 18 overall and 5 […]
With so much focus on the development of Brooklyn’s rookies, no Nets player has developed more than Noah Clowney. The young forward had a career-high 31 points against the Knicks on 7-for-13 shooting from 3-point range with four rebounds and three assists. He attacked close-outs more viciously than last season and looked more confident. “A […]
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Noah Clowney’s emergence so far this year has been one of the brightest moments in what is sure to be a tough campaign for the tanking Nets. But while he scored a season-high 22 points in Sunday’s loss to Toronto, he missed an ill-advised three-point play in the closing minutes of what will surely be […]
While the bar was set pretty low early, the Nets have at least shown improvement on defense after opening the year with some of the worst stats in the league. As Ziaire Williams noted this week, “None of us are cool with finishing last in the league on defense.” It was something the players were […]
When the Nets opened a nine-point lead over the Celtics in the first quarter on Tuesday, it may have seemed possible that they would win back-to-back games for the first time this season. And Michael Porter Jr.’s three-pointer. early in the fourth put the Nets back in front. But that was the last basket the […]
Egor Dëmin entered on Tuesday having played a total of ten NBA games in his career. And on a Nets team lacking veteran stars, the 19-year-old rookie from BYU, who grew up in Moscow and played for Real Madrid before college and the NBA, is looking for guidance wherever he can find it. That includes […]