{"id":246290,"date":"2021-05-10T04:35:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-hope-uncomfortable-stretch-will-help-in-nba-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2021-05-10T04:35:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:35:18","slug":"nets-hope-uncomfortable-stretch-will-help-in-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-hope-uncomfortable-stretch-will-help-in-nba-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets hope &#8216;uncomfortable&#8217; stretch will help in NBA playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Nets hope &#8216;uncomfortable&#8217; stretch will help in NBA playoffs<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Nets\u2019 past five <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s against playoff teams and MVP candidates \u2014 four of them on the road \u2014 have been a postseason preview.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been uncomfortable and, at times, unsuccessful, but in the long run, beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 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>y for us to be uncomfortable right now. I\u2019m happy for us to struggle and suffer,\u201d Steve Nash said. \u201cI\u2019m glad we won [Saturday], but suffering and building that resolve and that understanding \u2014 we don\u2019t have that common experience, so these experiences when we\u2019re on the mat are good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After snapping a season-high four-game skid Saturday in Denver, now the Nets are bracing for Tuesday\u2019s game in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>With just four dates left in the regular season, the Nets are still building bonds and cohesion for the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the playoffs, when we\u2019re all locked-in, we\u2019ve all just got to be on one accord, one mind,\u201d Kyrie Irving said. \u201cJust stick to what we have and trust it. That\u2019s the big word moving forward in the remaining journey: it\u2019s \u2018Trust.\u2019 When you trust that the game will reward you when you\u2019re playing hard, when you\u2019re supporting your teammates, doing the right things, then the game usually goes in your favor.<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/fullcourt-on-flatbush\/concernswithnets-losingstreakfeat.sarahkustok?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the only time we\u2019ve been really tested throughout the season in terms of having losses, four losses in a row. I don\u2019t know the last time I had four losses in a row \u2014 which is very fortunate, I\u2019m very blessed \u2014 but it\u2019s great that we get these types of challenges. Now we go to Chicago \u2014 where we have yet to win \u2014 and play against an Eastern Conference team that we may see. So it\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teams the Nets just finished playing both tested them and taught them a lesson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were embarrassed the last few games,\u201d Irving admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Those last few games came against Portland\u2019s Damian Lillard, at Milwaukee against Giannis Antetokounmpo (twice) and then at Dallas versus Luka Doncic. They lost every one, and were trailing MVP favorite Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets by 21 points Saturday before storming back to win. It was their second-biggest comeback of the season, behind only their 24-point rally in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>After giving up 104 points through the first three quarters Saturday \u2014 tied for the most they had surrendered all season \u2014 they held Denver to just 15 in the final period on 6 of 23 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a comeback the Nets are convinced can jump-start their momentum for the regular-season stretch run.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Kevin Durant\" class=\"wp-image-18197371 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nets_Nuggets_Basketball.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nets_Nuggets_Basketball.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nets_Nuggets_Basketball.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nets_Nuggets_Basketball.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nets_Nuggets_Basketball.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kevin Durant dives for a loose ball against the Nuggets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe had a different energy about us,\u201d said Blake Griffin. \u201cHopefully that gets us back on track. If that happens again, we\u2019ve got to keep the faith and do the same thing we did: dig deep and play harder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny experience like this is good for us. The biggest part is if we now continue off of this and \u2014 not to say we come out and play super-aggressive and hit every shot \u2014 just that we have to have that resiliency about us. Even if we get down in one of these last four games, we stay together and dig a little bit deeper and play harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn is also anticipating the return of James Harden. The hamstrung star has missed 17 straight games, but is expected to return \u2014 maybe even in this back-to-back, Tuesday at the Bulls or Wednesday versus the Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets lost their April 4 meeting in Chicago, a 115-107 setback without Harden or Kevin Durant. Harden came back from a hamstring injury the next day versus the Knicks, only to limp off after just 4:22. He hasn\u2019t played since.<\/p>\n<p>Still, regardless of when Harden returns, the Nets say they learned some valuable lessons about effort and sweat equity during this rough patch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no guarantees you\u2019re going to win the next game. Our mentality has to be we\u2019re willing to outwork people, do the extra bit of effort every possession to win that possession,\u201d Nash said. \u201cIf we\u2019re willing to do the extra work \u2026 a lot of good things can happen.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/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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It\u2019s been uncomfortable and, at times, unsuccessful, but in the long run, beneficial. \u201cI\u2019m happy for us to be uncomfortable right now&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nets_Nuggets_Basketball.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[105141,96826,70487,32807,72170],"class_list":["post-246290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-9-21","tag-blake-griffin","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-steve-nash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}