{"id":186587,"date":"2021-02-23T08:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T05:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-nets-turned-it-around-to-become-the-nbas-hottest-team\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T05:13:43","slug":"how-nets-turned-it-around-to-become-the-nbas-hottest-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nets-turned-it-around-to-become-the-nbas-hottest-team\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Nets turned it around to become the NBA&#8217;s hottest team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b712602bf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b712602bf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nets-turned-it-around-to-become-the-nbas-hottest-team\/#Theyre_figuring_out_the_defense_particularly_switching\" >They\u2019re figuring out the defense, particularly switching.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nets-turned-it-around-to-become-the-nbas-hottest-team\/#Steve_Nash_is_growing_as_a_coach\" >Steve Nash is growing as a coach<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nets-turned-it-around-to-become-the-nbas-hottest-team\/#The_Nets_got_tough_enough\" >The Nets got tough enough<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How Nets turned it around to become the NBA&#8217;s hottest team<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Nets-Harden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Nets came home Monday after the first 5-0 western <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> in team history, part of a league-high six-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bounce-back for the Nets, who had bottomed out with a humiliating loss in Detroit. From that point \u2014 just 14-12 and mired in a three-game losing skid \u2014 they\u2019ve become the hottest team in basketball and a favorite to reach the NBA Finals. How did that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Theyre_figuring_out_the_defense_particularly_switching\"><\/span>T<strong>hey\u2019re figuring out the defense, particularly switching.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Brooklyn has doubled down on that even more since trading for James Harden.<\/p>\n<p>Before Harden\u2019s arrival, the Nets were switching picks 20 percent of the time, 3 percent above the league average. But through his first 14 games post-trade, that vaulted to 33 percent, which would lead the league this season according to Second Spectrum tracking. Going into Sunday\u2019s win at the Clippers, they\u2019d switched a staggering 41 percent of picks on the perfect western swing.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, it makes sense. Only three teams in the tracking era (since 2013-14) have switched over 40 percent \u2014 the Rockets the past three years, led by Harden and coached by current Nets assistant Mike D\u2019Antoni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey switch 1-through-5 when Jeff Green is at the 5, and they switch 1-through-4 and drop when DeAndre [Jordan] is in the game. But the matchup that you think they wouldn\u2019t switch, they do switch,\u201d said Clippers coach Ty Lue. \u201cIt makes teams stagnant.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ADL6050379164&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steve_Nash_is_growing_as_a_coach\"><\/span>Steve Nash is growing as a coach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Nash, who\u2019d never served as an assistant, has been learning on the job.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s kept an upbeat tone but knew when to get on his team in the wake of the loss in Detroit. Despite guard Bruce Brown\u2019s shortcomings as a shooter, Nash has found creative ways to use him as a cutter, screener and 6-foot-2 pseudo-center.<\/p>\n<p>And Nash\u2019s adjustments in Phoenix were impressive. He deployed a zone defense he hasn\u2019t shown all season to help cool off the Suns. Then he pulled Jordan out of his usual drop coverage and had him switch for the first time all season \u2014 letting them switch 1-through-5, and daring Deandre Ayton to punish them. It let them rally from a 21-point halftime deficit, the biggest deficit overturned in team history.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Nets_got_tough_enough\"><\/span>The Nets got tough enough<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Nets didn\u2019t have to be the Bad Boy Pistons; they just couldn\u2019t afford to be historically bad, which is exactly how they\u2019d been performing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a nonnegotiable step in any team\u2019s aspirations to have that resolve and toughness and connectivity,\u201d said Nash.<\/p>\n<p>In the first 13 games after the Harden trade, the Nets were just 7-6 and dead last in the NBA in defensive rating. But in the winning streak they\u2019ve shown more fortitude on that end, up to 21st. That\u2019s been enough to see their net rating vault from 18th in the league up to fourth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNight and day from when I first got here. We\u2019re playing hard now, and we\u2019re playing smart,\u201d said Harden. \u201cThe most I\u2019m proud of is our mindset every game, every possession. We don\u2019t take our opponent lightly at all, no matter who we\u2019re playing. It\u2019s the same goal. It\u2019s the same mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Kevin Durant (left hamstring strain) is out Tuesday. Green (right shoulder contusion) and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (right hip contusion) are questionable, while Tyler Johnson (left adductor tightness) and Iman Shumpert (left hamstring strain) are probable.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Harden was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second time since joining the Nets.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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