{"id":37840,"date":"2020-07-31T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-arent-hiding-how-important-their-first-two-games-are\/"},"modified":"2020-07-31T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:58:00","slug":"nets-arent-hiding-how-important-their-first-two-games-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-arent-hiding-how-important-their-first-two-games-are\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets aren\u2019t hiding how important their first two games are"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets aren\u2019t hiding how important their first two game<\/a>s are<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Whether it\u2019s managing expectations or just plain coach-speak, Jacque Vaughn insists the Nets\u2019 restart \u201copener\u201d Friday in Disney isn\u2019t the end-all, be-all. But his players aren\u2019t even trying to sell that line.<\/p>\n

The Nets face the Magic on Friday and the Wizards on Sunday, well aware of how vital both games are. They\u2019re 0-4 against the Magic and Wizards \u2014 the teams chasing them in the Eastern Conference \u2014 and aren\u2019t hiding just how important those games are.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn practice Jamal [Crawford] said it best, how these games should be played: Be played like they almost count as almost two,\u201d Jarrett Allen said via Zoom. \u201cWe should give these type of games double the effort especially because they\u2019re close to us in the standings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford\u2019s availability for Friday is in question; but his status as the Nets\u2019 elder isn\u2019t. He knows how big these first two games will be if the Nets are going to squeeze into this year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese ones are worth two just because of where we are in the standings; and if anything comes down to a tiebreak you always want to hold that card, that chip,\u201d Tyler Johnson said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re obviously putting importance on every game. But everybody knows it, everybody feels it that these first two games are very important: One for momentum moving forward, and then the other just for seeding and to get off on the right foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Las Vegas has tabbed the decimated Nets to win just 2 \u00bd games in this eight-game restart, second-fewest, ahead of only Washington. These two games \u2014 along with another game against the Magic on Aug. 11 \u2014 may be their best shots.<\/p>\n

When play halted on March 11 due to the coronavirus, Brooklyn sat seventh in the East, a half-game ahead of Orlando and six in front of Washington. If they finish in eighth \u2014 and let the Wizards pull within four games \u2014 they\u2019d face a precarious play-in series<\/a> against Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese first two games are huge,\u201d Joe Harris said. \u201cObviously, we\u2019re excited to get back playing a normal, regular-season-type game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all ready to go, we\u2019re ready to compete, and we realize how important these first two games are.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019d better be ready. The Nets got drilled 101-89 in their last trip<\/a> to Orlando on Jan. 6, shooting just 10 of 47 from deep. And they lost in the Feb. 24 Barclays Center rematch, somehow taking just eight free throws despite being at home.<\/p>\n

Orlando is one of the healthiest teams in the restart, getting back starting forward Jonathan Isaac, presumed to be out for the season. Meanwhile, the Nets\u2019 absences are legion, including Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan, Spencer Dinwiddie and Taurean Prince.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re in a good place,\u201d said Orlando coach Steve Clifford.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall with Orlando, team that beat us twice in a year,\u201d said Vaughn. \u201cVery well-coached team. Multiple weapons with [Terrence] Ross and [Evan] Fournier. The ability for [Nikola] Vucevic to control the paint for them. Very defensively sound team. So, will test our ability to shoot the basketball and make plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

To Vaughn\u2019s point, Orlando is ninth in defensive rating and fourth in points allowed. The Magic get back in transition, which is going to make it hard for an offensively challenged Nets squad that must run to score.<\/p>\n

\u201cTactically and strategically we introduced some items of our offense and defense that we\u2019ll see the next couple games that we haven\u2019t seen in the scrimmages,\u201d Vaughn said. \u201cThat\u2019s just a part of gamesmanship that still exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

That gamesmanship won\u2019t help if their frontcourt can\u2019t deal with Vucevic\u2019s scoring and screening and Aaron Gordon\u2019s athleticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me with Vucevic, it\u2019s going to be a good challenge,\u201d Allen said. \u201cComing in from the offseason, seeing how much I\u2019ve progressed, seeing how much my basketball IQ has raised, just seeing how much I\u2019ve improved is going to be a good test against him.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Nets aren\u2019t hiding how important their first two games are” Whether it\u2019s managing expectations or just plain coach-speak, Jacque Vaughn insists the Nets\u2019 restart \u201copener\u201d Friday in Disney isn\u2019t the end-all, be-all. But his players aren\u2019t even trying to sell that line. The Nets face the Magic on Friday and the Wizards on Sunday, well…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46768],"class_list":["post-37840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-nets-arent-hiding-how-important-their-first-two-games-are"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37840","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=37840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}