{"id":273956,"date":"2021-06-14T05:51:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T02:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-needed-more-jeff-green-than-they-planned-for-vs-bucks\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T05:51:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T02:51:13","slug":"nets-needed-more-jeff-green-than-they-planned-for-vs-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-needed-more-jeff-green-than-they-planned-for-vs-bucks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets needed more Jeff Green than they planned for vs. Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets needed more Jeff Green than they planned for vs. Bucks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Jeff Green will be needed by the depleted Nets now more than ever.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s gritty, grinding glue guy made his series<\/a> debut midway through the first quarter in the Nets\u2019 107-96 loss to the Bucks in Milwaukee, evening the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2. His first play of note was taking a charge on Giannis Antetokounmpo as he skied for a made dunk.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter, Green took another charge on Antetokounmpo as the Bucks forward barreled in for a layup. Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer challenged, however, and won it. It became a there-point play for \u201cThe Greek Freak\u2019\u2019 and helped swing the momentum.<\/p>\n

Things fell apart from there. Kyrie Irving had just gone down with an ankle injury, out for the rest of Game<\/a> 4, and the Nets went down with him.<\/p>\n

Green, who had missed the last six playoff games with plantar fasciitis in his left foot, is needed in a big way with James Harden (right hamstring) and Irving ailing. Green\u2019s foot needs to be healthy, and he needs to be that X-factor. Nets coach Steve Nash admitted afterward he played Green more than he anticipated Sunday under the circumstances: 26:33.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Green (l.) returned to the lineup for the Nets on Sunday.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cHe played a lot more minutes than we expected,\u201d Nash said. \u201cI think [with] Kyrie going down, we used his versatility to try different things. I\u2019m proud of him for playing. He wasn\u2019t supposed to play today \u2014 a couple days ago. For him to ratchet it up and get out there was great.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, it was a tough night, and [with] Kyrie going down so early, he had to play more. But maybe this will, if it\u2019s not too provocative of the injury, this will help him in subsequent games.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Sunday wasn\u2019t quite Green\u2019s X-factor moment.<\/p>\n

Green shot 2-for-4 and 1-for-2 from 3-point range. He finished with eight points and five rebounds. It\u2019s a start, but he admitted to being \u201ctired.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I knew that was going to happ<\/a>en,\u2019\u2019 Green said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough to just bounce back in and be what I was before the injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rhythm has to come. I wasn\u2019t \u2018tired, tired\u2019 but I got a little fatigued. It\u2019s tough to replicate game-like situations, especially in playoff intensity. It will come back. I [have] got to get my rest and try to do whatever I can to help my team in Game 5.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

That game, on Tuesday, might be played without Irving. The Nets gave no timetable on his status.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hate to see anyone go down,\u2019\u2019 Green said. \u201cInjuries are tough. The timing is a little rough. It\u2019s just next man up. We have to find a way to get momentum somewhere. Get on the floor, communicate, play together. Whatever five [players are] in, that\u2019s what we needed to do but didn\u2019t get the job done.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Nash kept starting center Blake Griffin on the pine for the final quarter-and-a-half, presumably to get Green some minutes and conditioning as the Nets were out of contention the entire fourth quarter. Nash said he wanted to speed the pace up.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Blake was good, he\u2019s fine,\u2019\u2019 Nash said. \u201cHe\u2019s played a lot of minutes. We\u2019ve asked a lot of him and coupling that with the fact that we wanted to play a little faster. We were down in the game to try and speed it up a little bit, go small a little more.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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