The Nets do not necessarily rule out the long-running postseason by making it to the playoffs – and last year’s NBA Finals just provide the latest clues.
The 2020 league finalists – the eventual champion Lakers and the team they beat for the title, the Heat – both lost six of their final nine games, including 3-5 points, in the NBA bubble of seeding objectives. Let’s start once again.
The Nets have lost four consecutive games for the first time this season, likely eliminating their chances of overtaking the 76ers for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. A late-season slump has also led to him dropping to a third playoff position. The Bucks entered their game Friday night against the NBA-worst Rockets, a half game behind the Nets, with control of the head-to-head tiebreaker between the teams.
The Nets (43-24) have five games remaining with Saturday’s trip to Denver. And he expects James Harden to return before the playoffs start, missing the last 17 matches due to a hamstring stretch.
Harden’s 3 big Assemblies of the Nets, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have played just seven games. They are 27–7 when Harden played this season and 9–11 were without him ever since he was acquired by the Rockets in January.
Hardik said the “plan” on Thursday was an attempt to play “doubles” before the end of the regular season.
“Frankly, James is an amazing player. He means a lot to this team. We have had a lot of success with him in the past as well. He will improve us in a lot of ways, he will cover a lot of holes, ”coach Steve Nash said after Thursday’s loss in Dallas. “But we still don’t have that common experience. So we need to grow and learn and play together.
“It may not be enough, but it is what it is, and we have gotten to come together as soon as possible. And can we control that to win the game because we are finding that understanding and harmony ? “
Thursday’s game employed the team-record 35th starting lineup Nash this season. Irving, when asked if it was a “daunting” challenge to find continuity before the playoffs began, offered mixed response.
Ering replied, “In this game, in this business, I don’t know about this, but it’s an adjustment for us to learn each other.” “Learn each other’s games on the fly; 35 games with different lineups, you are learning on the fly.
“We can say that we are professionals, we know what to expect from each other. We are happy when things are going well – hooray – and when things are not going well, then We’re like ‘Ah, we need to do this, we need to make some adjustments.’ I think it’s normal, it’s healthy. But for us we’re really just focusing on our health first and we want people to be ready for what looks like in the next phase when things matter. And it’s a win or go home. “
In addition, Irving said he wants the roster to be “as healthy as possible” as Durant missed nearly two months with a hamstring injury before returning to the lineup in April.
“You can’t make up the time spent with someone until you finish it,” said Irving. “We are in a part of our journey right now, where we are being challenged and each of us has to look deeper into what we have to do in our roles in order to be better for the collective unit.
“It has to be about our team, it has to be about the ‘we’ and I think we do a big job of it. But now we are asking each other to go to a certain level. We Some of us have been at a championship level, some of us have not, and are trying to trap time together. Usually it can be one or two seasons, three seasons, or case, but now We are heading to this playoff run, where we have to make it on the fly. And that’s fine. But at the same time, things don’t look right and we have to be ready for that. “
Leave a Reply