A season that began with high hopes for the Nets thanks to the presence of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons is on brink of ending Saturday.
A season that began with high hopes for the Nets thanks to the presence of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons is on the verge of ending Saturday.
“I wouldn’t say there’s experience to lean on,’’ said Cam Johnson, one of the few Nets who had played in the postseason prior to this season. “There’s desperation. We’ve just got to play hard and learn from our mistakes. Tomorrow is a new day.” As Vaughn noted, with Simmons out, the Nets don’t have a current, or even a former, All-Star on their roster. Still, they had their chances to win each of the last two games only for the more battle-tested — and talented — 76ers to pull out victories.Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
One example was their loss Thursday night. The Nets led by five with 2:15 to go after Royce O’Neale’s putback of a Mikal Bridges miss — but then were outscored 11-1 the rest of the way.“It’s something I noticed early in my years in Phoenix,’’ said Johnson, who came to the Nets, with Bridges, in the trade that sent Durant to the Suns in February. “Winning and executing late-game [situations] and winning close games is a real skill. It’s a real team skill and it’s something we’re still developing.
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