Pierre Pan
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Niang’s had back to back solid games when pressed into the starting lineup— 20 tonight and 16 against the TWolves. It’s really hard to comprehend this loss against the Nets. Our very same lineup that beat the #1 team in the West albeit without Dean Wade tonight just got blown out by a sub .500 team on the second night of their back to back. Throw in the fact that Dean Wade didn’t score a single point in the TWolves win and was a -25 for the night; our only starter that was a negative. So basically he was a warm body that does provide some chemistry and can contribute in other ways (and offensively on occasion). Our bench contributed 35 points last night vs 21 against the Wolves, which was due to them getting more minutes but they lost 15 points from Caris who moved into starting duty. We lost a bunch of points from DG and JA, but the main difference was our defensive effort and we were outrebounded by 9 by the Nets where we were +1 against Minny.
It‘s just become way too common of an occurrence to spit the bit against teams significantly below us in the standings and with as many injuries as us
It‘s just become way too common of an occurrence to spit the bit against teams significantly below us in the standings and with as many injuries as us