New Coach, Same Story: Heat Run Past Nets in the Third Quarter
by NetsDaily on Mar 22, 2010 10:14 PM EDT
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PrintStop us if you've heard this one before. The Nets played well for a half, but a 14-2 Miami run in the third quarter at the Izod Center Monday night turned a five-point lead into a seven-point deficit. The Heat went up by as many as 12 late in the third and held on for a 10-point win. With Kiki Vandeweghe away from the team for personal reasons and John Loyer running the show, the Nets shot just 38 percent from the field, while allowing the Heat to shoot 55 percent. Brook Lopez led the Nets with 26 points, but had just one rebound. Devin Harris finished with 16 points and six assists, while Courtney Lee added 15 points. Terrence Williams was threatening to record a triple-double, but left in the third quarter after turning his ankle. Williams says he hopes to play Wednesday vs. the Kings, but left the arena wearing a walking boot. Dwyane Wade had 27 points, seven rebounds and 12 assists for Miami.
Brett Yormark got into a heated exchange with a Nets fan wearing a paper bag on his head between the third and fourth quarters. Yormark asked the unidentified fan, seated opposite the Nets bench, why he was wearing the bag. When the fan responded, "Because the Nets are so good", Yormark snapped at him, according to the fan, Chris Lisi of Middletown.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Game Highlights (Video) - NBA.com
- Wade has 27 points, 12 assists as Heat beat Nets - Tom Canavan - AP
- Nets' Williams appeared to twist foot - Tom Canavan - AP
- Game 70 Recap: Miami 99, Nets 89 - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- John Loyer coaches in place of Kiki Vandeweghe in Nets' 99-89 loss to Heat - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Yormark barks at fan wearing paper bag in loss as team falls to 7-63 - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
- Nets can't take the Heat, lose 14th straight at home, 99-89 - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Nets can't climb over mental hurdles - Al Iannazzone - YES Network
- Post-Game Plus (Video) - Chris Shearn - YES Network
- Kiki fill-in no Rx for Nets' dreary script - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- With 'much at stake,' Miami Heat turns up intensity to top Nets - Michael Wallace - Miami Herald
- Postgame Breakdown: Heat 99, Nets 89 - Michael Wallace - Miami Herald
- Wade, Heat kick off road trip with win over Nets - Bob Considine - NBA.com
- Loyer's NBA Coaching Debut a Loss - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
- Heat avoids infamy, pushes past Nets behind Wade, O'Neal - Ira Winderman - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Heat 99, Nets 89 (Blog) - Ira Winderman - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Sluggish Nets skid closer to season futility mark - AFP
- More 3rd Quarter Blues for NJ - Mark Ginocchio - Nets Are Scorching
- Heat not looking for a part in Nets' history (with Audio) - Gregory Hrinya - Examiner
- Dwyane Wade and Jermaine O'Neal carry Heat to victory over lowly New Jersey - DolphanDave - Peninsula is Mightier.
- Haier Play of the Day: Terrence Williams (Video) - NBA.com
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I invest too much of my time
to Netsdaily and watching games for a 7 win team. I fully understand the upside of the organization but why do I continue to watch this year?
I feel exactly the same way.
But I know the only reason I’m watching is in desperate hope that they can avoid holding the worst record.
by NetsJetsFan on Mar 22, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
To the Nets credit....
I got to see tonight’s episode of two and a half men. The game went downhill right on cue, and just in the nick of time I got to see one of my favorite comedies. We all have to find our own positives…
Thanks Nets
For bowing out quickly, just as time ran down, Pam Anderson started dancing on “Dancing with the Stars”
by ispartan on Mar 23, 2010 12:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Because you only get one chance...
As a Die Hard fan, I simply will not succumb to this season. Bottom line- I continue to watch the atrocity in the swamp because having enjoyed so many games, I am committed to have known the lowest of this team’s lows. Personally I think that you earn true Die Hard status. Don’t you think Cavs fans or NCAA Cornell fans feel vindicated for having stood by their teams? What better way than to watch 82 games of torment. Historically, how many chances will you get at that? This level of failure will likely go unmatched. At least for 30 years or so anyway…
On second thought
Fire Yormark, good god man, why are you harassing one of the last customers you have left? And why aren’t you in China as reported today by Net Income? Get sent home quickly?
by ispartan on Mar 23, 2010 12:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
FML
will this season ever end…
the only positive is ill be watching the lottery like its game seven of the finals
Lopez only with 1 rebound?
We need John Wall or Evan Turner to be our franchise player, period.
Harris can score, but he is not at the level as Wade.
Maybe Harris can co-exist with Turner, and he can be much more efficient.
With Turner:
Harris
Lee
Turner
A.Stoudemire
Lopez
With Wall:
Wall
Harris
T-Will
A.Stoudemire
Lopez
With Cousins:
Harris
Lee
T-Will
Cousins
Lopez
Vince Carter
Harris was far from efficient but he was a lot better with Vince Carter around…in fact, EVERYONE was better with VC…
by jirohkanzaki on Mar 23, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
How come with Cousins, there is no FA?
With Wall and Turner in the lineup you give them Amare, but with Cousins no FA.
What gives?
So can we stop the one person blame game now?
We’ve lost without yi and without kiki. If it wasn’t painfully obvious before, this is not the fault of one individual. Can we just admit that this is the worst team in the history of the nba?
by muwu on Mar 23, 2010 5:36 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Like I said,
if a child is caught in a bad situation the first thing he/she does is to find someone to blame…since VC and LF left, some fans needed to find someone else to blame so now it’s Yi and Kiki.
by jirohkanzaki on Mar 23, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
On 3rd quarter collapses
Maybe it’s because we have no quality coaching so when the other team adjusts to our strategy, we can’t counter their adjustment
WHO WORE THE BAG???!!!!!
chris lisi i know you are on this forum and took the 2st step in the movement i suggested. You will get a drink from me one way or another. Great job man! I hope it spreads around. I told you guys wearing a bag would get attention. Make it a movement! Unfortuantely i cannot attend anymore nets games this season to join you guys.
Major props to CHRIS LISI!
It's the players fault!
No one is untouchable on this team even Brook could be traded for the right price!
who in their right mind would trade a 19-9-2 guyin his second year with unbelievable upside? Maybe for LeBron or for Wade or for Durant but otherwise id on’t see something like that hapeening
That’s why I said could be traded for the “right price”. Right?
by jasperjarrod on Mar 23, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
With the right offer
I think we could pull it off. Would have to be one heck of an offer though. Our number one pick or Brook Lopez likely. Collison is giving them 80% of what CP3 is giving them right now, and with the type of teammates around him and cost cutting going on there, you don’t need CP3 level talent right now. It’s like putting top quality oil in an old pickup truck. With out without CP3, their not contending right now.
So yeah, with the right huge offer, could happen
All we need are 3 bigs who can defend and a coach.
When Yi is your best PF cuz globalization is more important than winning, when your coach thinks his reputation should be based on an historic bust at PF and your owner and CFO are on board with it, you get what you deserve. There’s more talent on this team than people think. It’s just limited and not in the right place on the court. My guess is Thorn got an assurance from Ratner that once Brooklyn was done, he was selling. They just didn’t see the fight they were in for. In the meantime Thorn wasn’t walking away from 5.5 million. Once Proky cleans up the garbage it should be all good.
incompetence
The Nets must lead the league in turnovers more than 20 feet from the basket. I have never seen a professional team get stripped so often out there. It’s just incompetence. Then there are those ridiculous onehanded passes Devin Harris tries to make on drive and kicks that leave the recipient offbalance for a jumpshot. They should call them drive and flails. Did anyone see the play in the 4th quarter where someone threw a bounce pass to Kris Humphries in the set offense and he just stood still and waved one arm at it, like he was throwing away a gum wrapper? And one rebound for a center? What an embarrassing performance. I think Cornell could beat this team, let alone Kentucky.
Yormark doesn't have the right to get mad
you get to wear a paper bag over your head if your team is the worst team of all time
Yormark Slacking Off
Well said. Instead of getting all cranky, Brett should yet again prove his marketing “wizardry” by selling official Nets paper bags. There is no way that the guy who boasts about selling turncoat jersies is justified in pointing his finger at anyone about team loyalty. Clean house, Proky.
If Loyer....
coaches the rest of our season, we will not break the record for fewest wins. You can tell lowyer ran the team the way he wanted, the way a coach would want. He subbed in people that haven’t seen the light of day, though they didn’t product, i am still OK with that. You have players saying Sunday’s practice was the best in a long time. I think given some time Lowyer will yield results. He was always coaching anyways, but had to be filtered by Kiki. Also the fact that Trenton Hassell says Kiki doesn’t communicate with his players, shows you how much the man (Kiki) just doesn’t give an crud. Also, Yormark, really, you’re going to rip fans that came to the game….really.
Amazing, simply amazin...
To blame Kiki for this season is bordering on insanity.
I guess Thorn, Yormark, Ratner and all the players are poor, helpless victims, being held hostage by that evil man, Kiki.
I’m stumped at this logic. Maybe because it’s illogical.
Had to be a stunt by Yormark
in front of the media so all could see how much he cares?!? He’s probably about to lose his job. He’s lucky more folks aren’t showing up to games with bags on their heads. Too bad Lisi didn’t wear his reversible DWade promotional jersey with the paper bag.
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