Game 9 - Nets vs. Heat - Saturday, January 7, 7:30 p.m.
by Net Income on Jan 7, 2012 9:10 AM EST
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PrintOn one hand, if you bought tickets to Saturday night's game, you may be disappointed to hear that LeBron James and Dwyane Wade probably won't play vs. the Nets. On the other hand, you may be a diehard Nets fan who wants a two-game winning streak.
No word yet on whether two of the Big Three will play, but they're considered doubtful. James (sprained left ankle) and Wade (bruised left foot) missed the Heat's triple overtime win over the Hawks on Thursday night, the the third member of the Big Three, Chris Bosh, starring with 33 points and 14 rebounds. Eric Spoelstra says, "We’re weighing everything, the schedule ahead, rest, how much treatment we can do and what the recovery time will be." The likelihood is that neither James nor Wade will play.
That's disappointing to Deron Williams. "I hope not," Williams said when asked if he thought James and Wade would miss the game.. "I like playing against them. I don’t want to beat a team when they’re down. I like when everybody’s out there. Hopefully those guys play. We’ll see where we’re at." The Nets have not announced the status of Mehmet Okur (back spasms) and Anthony Morrow (teeth).
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Let’s get that one! If we are 3-6 I would consider this star as a good one considering all we had to ovecome..
if Mr Brooks is good to go tonight... whos our starting 2?
by kupalski on Jan 7, 2012 7:52 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Morrow had a good game last night and Brooks coming of an injury..
by kupalski on Jan 7, 2012 8:06 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
well just for now morrow seems like he is effective when starting
Brooks can score regardless i say we roll the dice with morrow ife he hot let him play if not marshon will make up for it
by Pure baller15 on Jan 7, 2012 8:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
A win is a win
Especially with lopez out.
I dont care who it is or when u play them.
When playoff time come around and maybe we r a game out. This game may be important.
Need some D-12
@mviola24
by Mike Viola on Jan 7, 2012 8:09 AM EST via mobile reply actions
And who cares who starts at 2
Guys its A little dumb to worry about that.
If i told you right now.
11 points deshawn
16 Points morrow
16 points brooks.
Would you really care who started? Just saying
Need some D-12
@mviola24
by Mike Viola on Jan 7, 2012 8:13 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Morrow isnt going against Cauldron tonite so dont expect much
by DWILL-of-the-GODZ on Jan 7, 2012 8:28 AM EST reply actions
Hey DWILL-otG:
You notice that virtually everyone payed better last night…
EXCEPT
your beloved Shawne Williams?
Sorry buddy, he ain’t NBA stuff.
cant say that from one game bro
its just too final… too concrete to say that someone isn;t NBA stuff cause of a bad few games.
It's looking like Shawnee is another product of D'Antony's system...
a guy who’s only gonna produce on a run and gun style of offense. King was fooled believing he was a good role player.
If a player wants to raise his value just go play for D’Antony.
for the right of watching tv broadcasted nets games...
calderone is the PG
so he didn’t go up against him last night either
what happened to morrow's teeth?
i thought he was finally sinking his teeth into the opportunity being provided for him by this team
why would he need a mask for his bottom row of teeth?
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
I was in Baghdad before these little B.G.'s was in they daddy-bags.
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Jan 7, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
A win is a win, is a win!
I don’t care if the entire starting five of the heat get kidnapped. Injuries are part of the game, so if we can beat the depleted Heat, that’s OK with me. We are playing with house money tonight versus the Heat, as no one would have thought we had a chance to beat these guys.
How long is MarSHon going to be out? What about DJames? What about Memmy? Maybe last night was a sign that Morrow’s shooting touch is back? I think we have a great four guard rotation, and Deshawn seems to be rounding into shape. I am going to watch the first half tonight, and then decide if I want to stay for the whole game. GO NETS!
Paul from Sunny Delray Beach, Florida
Morrow should start at SG
You’ve got to reward good play with holding the starting position.
Same as Stevenson has to be our starting SF going forward. Besides Brooks will be a great 6th man to get the second unit some points.
Then when Morrow has a bad run Brooks starts again, reward good play.
Like that Jordan Williams got good minutes after putting a good shift in, rewarding good play.
I honestly believe we’re a good playoff team with Lopez starting, can’t wait for the big man to return and give us better spacing & 20ppg.
by N.Ireland Nets Fan on Jan 7, 2012 8:53 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Brooks should and probably will start IMO
You have to start getting as consistant of a starting lineup as you can moving forward like Avery said not good to keep changing it night in and night out. Toronto game was averys markdown game for rook to Start.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Jan 7, 2012 9:05 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
for now we should use Brooks like the thunder use Harden
put him in against the second units and give him the green light
Gaines, Farmar, Shawne, Jordan, and Petro should never be on the floor together let alone for major minutes
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
I was in Baghdad before these little B.G.'s was in they daddy-bags.
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Jan 7, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
Tough call on MarShon starting for me...
I love MarShon but I don’t want to see him injuried or burnt out this season. The so called “rookie wall” is going to be in full effect this year. Too many games, too little time to rest up.
we can win this
wow
"Dear Mark - You showed the world not only what a great team you have, but also, that you can remain silent for a period of weeks--I don't know which is more shocking!"
DWill Era- 7-18
I thought we could have won every game we played
All but the Celtic game. I’ll go along with the players meshing thing but I think it more of Avery substitutions and line-up fails. Last night Avery had no choice but to play the guys.
Players need to know how long they’ll be in the game. We need to point the ship in the right direction to get to our destination , not matter what’s going on on board.
Hope we can but don’t think we can beat the Heat with our injurys. With the luck we had , hope Wade n James don’t play.
by Zartan on Jan 7, 2012 9:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
IMO
The nets aren’t losing because of Avery Johnson…the team just lacks talent and depth across the board.
by orecchio14 on Jan 7, 2012 9:20 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
look what the Nuggets(After Melo) and knicks had before Melo.
Sixers put together a good season and i didn’t think they had the talent. When your team plays like trash and miss assignments, i blame the coach for not coaching. Losing should not be so ugly(it already hurts).
cause the NBA isn't as static as you are implying.
Good teams lose to bad teams enough in the NBA that when a good team without its two major stars plays a bad team, anything is possible. Also, the Heat barely won—it took them 3 overtimes. They definitely overachieved and they will be tired for their grand effort. Do you expect Chalmers to score 29, 8 and 7 again today?? Is this a trend? It was his best game ever. There are so many reasons why you are wrong in stating we have no chance due to the depleted Heat barely winning to the Hawks who have been known to coast in the past. Talent doesn’t guarantee wins. Anything is possible. Get your head out of the pits.
i dont believe you did.
semantics shouldn’t be the focus of what my post was trying to illuminate. you may believe the nets have a 10%, 20%, 29.5% chance, or whatever. The point I was making, is that you cant qualify a tripple overtime Heat win over the Hawks as evidence for why the Nets will lose—there are too many variables to consider besides: Heat beats team that beat us = we lose.
But I do believe from your comment that you think the Heat have an over whelming chance at winning todays game otherwise you wouldn’t have posted what you posted. Right? Or were you asking the world objectively, “why do we think this is a winnable game”? Cause in that case, I apologize, your objectivity is worded in a way that suggests the Nets have no chance.
I don't think his injury was that serious
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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One of the BEST game a duo ever had
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3v4GS9t8o8&feature=related
Haha... sorry, I meant Lopez
I thought he might be making an appearance tonight
It ‘d be nice to see him even on the bench…
I miss Big Disney so….
Jim Spanarkel explained well why y’all should too.
LOL, my bad
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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One of the BEST game a duo ever had
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3v4GS9t8o8&feature=related
Really enjoying
What Sheldon Williams has brought to the table as a post defender/shotblocker and from an energy/physicality stand point. He has certainly been a bright spot for us and hopefully he can keep it up tonite although Bosh is a bad matchup for him.
by orecchio14 on Jan 7, 2012 9:19 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I'm sure other teams don't care that we are without our most dominant scorer
Lets get it.
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If we can shoot like we did yesterday, we can basically play with anyone.
especially if Hump can keep tearing the boards like he did, and fight to provide us second oppurtunities.
I wanna play the Packers
I want revenge
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This should be our starting lineup until brook recovers:
dwill
marshon
stevenson
hump
okur
we should make morrow our sixth man too
and if brook is back pretty soon, hump grabs rebounds, morrow makes 3s, marshon scores big, stevenson plays D and dwill plays like an allstar, we could make the 8th spot
that’s a lot of ifs though…
the french nets fan
Guys do you think there is a playoff spot for us if things go well!?!?
With enhanced Indy and Philly playing well, I don’t think we can get one of the bottom spots.
Not necessarily in this order … but there you go!
Miami
Chicago
Boston
New York
Orlando
Atlanta
Indy
Philly
No, we came into this season willing to tank
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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I don't condone tanking
but I don’t mind that the Nets stay competitive throughout until Lopez comes back. And last night showed that the Nets can beat the average teams when the 3 ball is raining.
They can beat any team when there 3 ball is raining
which can be said by all 30 teams.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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by Shameer1016 on Jan 7, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lets get a win streak going first...
Playoff talk is just crazy talk!!
by kupalski on Jan 7, 2012 9:41 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I still think we are better than philly
the french nets fan
So far there 4-2
and they’ve played 5 games in the road.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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the best team they beat is phoenix
and they are under 500
the french nets fan
5 straight road games
4-2. I’m not saying there great, but they did make the playoffs last seasons. Nets will continue to rot at the bottom.
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look at the schedule man...
they have only won against mediocre teams
the french nets fan
Were not better than Philly right now
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
its gonnna be crazy
Indy looks ugly some times. I don’t trust that coach or collison
Atl JSmoove needs to be traded, maybe for Kaman
Philly has too much talent. Who’s the leader?
NYK look terrible
Boston is 1 injury away from the lottery
Orlando could melt down @ anytime.
and the Nets?
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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Re: Indiana, the guy from the Spurs, whats his name, is also a point guard on their team. He's good.
Anyway, their entire team passes the ball so well that they can live with Collison and the Spurs kid. They have a really complete roster actually. If they could have resigned McRoberts they would be even better (deeper).
Atl, they are a veteran team that knows each other very very well. There is no chance they aren’t making the playoffs.
Philly, similar to Atl in the fact that they have all been together long enough to whiz past the newbie teams and make the playoffs. They are even better than their very good early record suggests. Their win margin is amazing. They just need someone who can close a game (offensively), like you are suggesting— maybe Louis Williams becomes that guy?
NYK they do look terrible.. giving the Wizards their closest and only near win of the season.. Teams with this much talent should be much better than they are showing—but thats a coaching problem right? If they cant play defense then they need a really decent point guard, and they need to rebound the ball better. But at the end of the day, I think they make the playoffs, barely.
Boston could miss the playoffs if Ray Allen or KG goes down, like you suggested—definitely. Ray Allen is actually their best player this season—yea I said it. The guy is 74 years old and a top 5 shooting guard in the league still. Outstanding…
Orlando will make the playoffs. They aren’t going to get below .500 for the season so that basically guarantees them a spot. Sure they will lose to the Chicagos and Heats and OKCs often, but they are still better than the rest of the league.
Nets need Lopez. Or Marshon Brooks and Deron Williams need to start getting double teamed often enough to make plays to get open shots—and they have to hit them consistently. Also they need to continue to dominate the boards. Thats our saving ability really. If they could do better at not turning the ball over and maintain their rebounding rate, then they would be at .500 right now. And .500 means playoffs in the east. Right?
crazy as usual
Brook could come back and not miss a beat but prolly won’t be 100% till April
Marshon 20pts per next to DWill? Kinda looks like he can be ROY honestly
Pray DJ Hustle only has a sprained foot. he just needs to get comfortable with the ball. He needs to dribble with a tennis ball
Dwill has to be aggressive early
Morrow has to shoot.. off the bench
Someone else will have to step up @ sf/pf
by DJ HeavyDuty on Jan 7, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
playoffs?
lmao
one win against toronto and we’re world beaters all of a sudden
by MrDollarBills on Jan 7, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Championship team!!
except it does liven the team including the fans
question
Would you take Paul Westphal as asst coach for the Nets? His salary would be paid by sactown….
whoa
I don’t want AJ but Westpha.. no way
The CZA should have been coach. He knew the team better than anyone by announcing games. He had success rebulding Cleveland in the 80s
Mario Elie was his lead assistant last year
Westphal told him his services were no longer desired.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
I like that Farmar is playing
Say what you want about his faults, but I can’t imagine Gaines scoring 28 points or handing out 17 assists, both of which Farmar did in last year.
Also, looks like Jordan Williams isn’t headed down to Springfield just yet.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
you really dont like this guy do you..
granted he hasn’t played well at all really but he might start playing well.. we need him to, if only so he can opt out of his player option next year so we can sign better players. But i think he just needs to get acclimated; he can still turn out to be ok sans exoneration to dleague.
What I don't like:
His body language.
His lack of quickness (sloth like)
His inability to rebound.
His poor defense.
And ironic drum roll…
His inability to shoot.
The only thing I hate about him?
That folks here like him so much and Avery plays him so much.
Farmar looked upbeat too
Like he knew he was back in the rotation. I like Gaines as our third backup, but thats it.
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"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
there is a reason gaines is third string
he has played above and beyond his caliber but it is not good for a team that players who are better than those playing don’t pick it up and are stuck on the bench.
Farmar can shoot the 3, beat his man off the dribble, and finish at the rim. He plays D when he is involved offensively.He has a terrible mid range game and he can’t sink a floater.He doesn’t know how to pass out of the pick and roll. Farmar is only 25 but has to learn quicker
by DJ HeavyDuty on Jan 7, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Does it concern anyone
That we still shot 38.8 percent from the field.
The only difference between our other games and this game was that we hit our threes.
Other games from 3 poInt we were like
4-20
6-24 etc
Last night 15-31 if we were 8-31 we lose.
We can not soley rely on that. If we do we r in trouble. I know we have a lot of shooters but idk
Need some D-12
@mviola24
by Mike Viola on Jan 7, 2012 10:22 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
It was an atrocious game
Just like all the other ones. Nothing different except guys hit long range shots they’ve missed all year. It was not a good game offensively at all, so yes still very concerning.
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"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Okur is the biggest ?
He can be traded at anytime
Kaman
Blatche
Beasley and Randolf
by DJ HeavyDuty on Jan 7, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
to hit threes we need good spacing and the willingness to take the 3 point shot
in previous games other teams were taking good 3 point shots while our team was taking forced or non rythm threes. And players like James were obsessed with driving the lane.
Here is what I don’t understand, players need to make judgement calls, every coach preaches to mix it up, so u have coach saying drive to the basket and guys just take it to heart and always drive, which means a defender doesnt need to worry about you taking the corner three heck u r going to come to me anayway!
without lopez
we have not only have zero inside game, we have zero inside threat.
i think we’re going to be chucking from 3 until brook returns
imagine something extremely witty here
Actually we it is better than 2-6. It is necessary for some players to type the form.(DWill,Morrow,Hump,Shewne,Stevenson)All of them are capable on more
DWill
Morrow
Stevenson
Hump
Okur
MarShon is more adapted to type points from a bench than Morrow. As it is possible to use MarShon on SF when Morrow on SG.
To be pleasant to me game Stevenson and Shelden. I am upset Shawne Williams.
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wolves never rest
by pope of lofe on Jan 7, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Miami already won a game with them out
and Bosh was all over the place.
by MrDollarBills on Jan 7, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
any word on Morrow?
last night he tweeted that his mouth hurt so much
he couldn’t move
wolves never rest
I bet they both dont play
Bosh will own us. We need to double him all game
Need some D-12
@mviola24
by Mike Viola on Jan 7, 2012 12:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Once we double him
Miami will hit wide open threes
ITS A VVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEEEEE
by Keysta101 on Jan 7, 2012 12:22 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I like that thinking
Farmar and brooks will be a solid bench combo.
And late in games brooks plays with morrow and dwill in smaller sets.
Need some D-12
@mviola24
by Mike Viola on Jan 7, 2012 12:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
If they hit their 3's yes
If they are missing them, the team is absolutely doomed.
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"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Well it worked yesterday
Tried it every other game but Morrow is still to 1 dimensional to start to me.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Miami knows
This is there year. They can not risk anything serious
They beat atlanta without these guys. They are already in the plus.
Need some D-12
@mviola24
by Mike Viola on Jan 7, 2012 12:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Lebron and Wade participated in shootarounds
looks like they both are going to play….damn
IraHeatBeat Ira WindermanI
Spoelstra indicates that both Wade and LeBron should be available to play. Both said at shootaround they want to play.
16 minutes ago
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
IraHeatBeat Ira Winderman
Would be surprised if both Wade and James aren’t on the court tonight. Even Spoelstra backed off the erring on the side of caution talk.
7 minutes ago/blockquote>
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
Spoelstra is not dumb to rush his superstars off an injury...
if he wants his team at full strength going to the playoffs… no way they are playing.
for the right of watching tv broadcasted nets games...
loss already :(
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Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
When our season really starts?
Hasn’t felt like the same team wihout Bropez
Marshon Brooks got moves like Mamba
of course Wade and Lebron would play
hoping Brooks is ready to ride with D-Steve though
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
I was in Baghdad before these little B.G.'s was in they daddy-bags.
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Jan 7, 2012 1:21 PM EST reply actions
so since LBJ and Wade are playing
How badly will we lose? 30, 40, 70 points?
ITS A VVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEEEEE
I give it...
….a decent 18 point lead at halftime for Miami, Nets come back to within 10, then Heat win by 25-ish. Hope the Tooth Fairy makes her way to Ammo’s house soon.
by Brooklyn-Bound on Jan 7, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
yea sounds good
i just want the Nets to start strong and at least compete with Miami
ITS A VVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEEEEE
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