So I finally made it out to the Izod Center for the second time this year. Unlike last time, however, my 65% Irish heritage didn't bring about any lucky results with the Nets falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-89. Some thoughts from the game:-If you ignore the final 17 minutes of the game and focus on the first 31 minutes, the Nets actually won 72-70!
-But there are 48 minutes in a National Basketball Association contest (...damn it), and the OKC Thunder outscored the Nets 25-17 in the final 17 minutes(including a 1-14 shooting stretch by the Nets...ouch). The empty Nets looked absolutely lost on offense in this period, with no consistent game plan, low percentage shots and lots of curses that stayed in my head because there was a family with two small children seated in front of me.
-Kevin Durant is a freak. The guy scores more points than he has eaten meals in the past year(40 tonight, 4th in the league at 27.8 ppg). Besides his innate offensive sense, he is virtually impossible to matchup with, being too quick for forwards and far too tall and long for gaurds. This 21 year old young fella may be all that he is cracked up to be.
-Yi had another strong outing in his comeback from injury, tying his career high with 29 points on 10-16 shooting. He was a little less aggressive in the second half, but part of that may be him getting back into game shape. Once Brook breaks out of his slump(only 10 points tonight, 5-11 shooting but only 1 Free Throw attempt), the Nets should be in much better shape. Devo only had 11 points, but he did also have 11 assists. If Yi and Brook can be consistent scorers with Courtney Lee and CDR as compliments, Devin may be more valuable as a distributor than the main scoring option.
-The Nets have been outrebounded in 19 straight games, tying the second longest streak since 1986-1987. Sure other teams are better than the Nets, but alot of this has to do with concentration. They do after all have big bodies who should be able to box out and rebound (Lopez, Boone, Yi). On a side note, Boone was actually out for hte first time last night.
-In terms of views of the game, a lower level corner section like Section 126 is quite nice. The corner gives you the best view of fast breaks and how teams defensive schemes are setup. Also, I got some unintentional comedy from the newlyweds next to me: when the husband said he would take his wife(who was quite hot actually) for a slice after the game, she questioned whether she could get more than one slice and if he was insinuating that she was fat, prompting the man to reiterate his confidence in her beauty and that getting "a" slice is just an expression, that she could get as many slices as she wanted (and there was no sarcasm or irony in this interaction).
-The Nets have been outrebounded in 19 straight games, tying the second longest streak since 1986-1987. Sure other teams are better than the Nets, but alot of this has to do with concentration. They do after all have big bodies who should be able to box out and rebound (Lopez, Boone, Yi). On a side note, Boone was actually out for hte first time last night.
-In terms of views of the game, a lower level corner section like Section 126 is quite nice. The corner gives you the best view of fast breaks and how teams defensive schemes are setup. Also, I got some unintentional comedy from the newlyweds next to me: when the husband said he would take his wife(who was quite hot actually) for a slice after the game, she questioned whether she could get more than one slice and if he was insinuating that she was fat, prompting the man to reiterate his confidence in her beauty and that getting "a" slice is just an expression, that she could get as many slices as she wanted (and there was no sarcasm or irony in this interaction).
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