NEW YORK – The Brooklyn Nets took care of enterprise on Sunday, with complete contempt for the NBA Restchage Lottery Lottery, defeating the Atlanta Hawks 122-114 at Barclays Middle the second evening of a consecutive set.
Brooklyn managed a sequence of three consecutive defeats and improved at 23-45 with 14 common season video games to play. He retains the fifth finest Draft lottery ranking, 1/2 video games in entrance of the 76ers of Philadelphia.
“Every alternative for us is valuable, as gamers, as coach employees,” mentioned Cam Johnson. “Every consultant counts, and we are going to attempt to make them rely.”
D’Angelo Russell (Proper ankle damage administration) and Noah Clowney (proper ankle sprain) have been excluded towards Atlanta.
The nets entered the evening after having recorded a minimum of 30 assists in every of their final three video games, and this very good ball motion continued towards the Hawks, after they returned 11 assists on their first 13 targets on the sector.
The 9 rotation gamers who hit the sector within the opening framework, led by Jalen Wilson, who scored eight factors in his first eight minutes. Every part clicks for Brooklyn on the finish of the court docket, and it led the Hawks 33-27 after 1 / 4 because of a taking pictures effort of 56.5%.
Brooklyn led by 12 factors with 9:07 to do within the first half. Then Atlanta wakened.
The Nets pulled solely 35.7% within the second quarter and dedicated seven reversals, which supplied Atlanta 10 factors. The worst was to present in a punishing race of 26-9 which confirmed the Hawks 62-56 at halftime.
Brooklyn dragged 10 factors at the beginning of the third quarter, however closed on a 29-20 race through the 9:25 finals to scale back her deficit to a fourth quarter. Keon Johnson and Tyrese Martin have been basically Internet offense through the interval, as a result of they scored 12 and 11 factors respectively on a taking pictures of 9 for 14 mixed.
“We knew we had to enhance our communication,” mentioned Johnson. “We needed to make the sport just a little extra blurred [them] … And we simply stayed with the sport.
Cam Johnson closed the ten factors on taking pictures 3 for 4, Atlanta was restricted to 41.7% taking pictures within the closing setting, and Brooklyn moved away from two figures late to return to the Victoires column for the primary time since March 10.
Cam Johnson completed with 28 factors, 4 rebounds and 7 profession assists. Johnson added 22 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists. Trae Younger led Atlanta with 28 factors, six rebounds and 12 assists.
“He was just a little too pissed off, and he acquired again within the match, made these 3, forgot all of the complaints,” mentioned head coach Jordi Fernandez in regards to the efficiency of Cam Johnson. “It was the most effective factor for me.”
The nets ended up taking 33 assists for the match, their fourth consecutive match with a minimum of 30, which corresponded to a franchise document. Trendon Watford (13) and Maxwell Lewis (10) mixed 23 factors on the bench, serving to the workforce with a bonus of 36-33 within the bench factors.
Brooklyn will return to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday at TD Backyard.
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