{"id":44458,"date":"2020-08-11T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-the-nets-became-a-humongous-nba-bubble-surprise\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T07:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T04:04:00","slug":"how-the-nets-became-a-humongous-nba-bubble-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-nets-became-a-humongous-nba-bubble-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"#How the Nets became a humongous NBA bubble surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How the Nets became a humongous NBA bubble surprise<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 11, 2020 |<\/span> 12:04am <\/p>\n

\n It was bad. Then, it got worse. Then, it got ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Before departing for the NBA bubble in Orlando, the Nets knew they would not look like they wanted to. Kevin Durant had been out all season. Kyrie Irving underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Then, a series<\/a> of COVID-19 cases triggered opt-outs by DeAndre Jordan, Spencer Dinwiddie and Taurean Prince. Wilson Chandler decided to stay home, too.<\/p>\n

Sans so many significant contributors, the Nets filled out their roster with players who hadn\u2019t been in the league all season, resembling a highly paid pickup team. The ninth-place Wizards were close enough to force a play-in game<\/a>. Missing the playoffs looked like the most attractive route, allowing the Nets to retain their own first-round pick, otherwise off to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing in here, we had the lowest [outside] expectations out of everybody,\u201d center Jarrett Allen said. \u201cYou can look on social media<\/a>, you can just ask around, nobody really had expectations of how we were gonna play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uncertainty was also in the locker room, with new faces and an interim head coach joining together after four months of isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor sure, I had questions before about it,\u201d Rodions Kurucs said.<\/p>\n

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But Aug. 4 ended with a 119-116 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Bucks, marking the third-biggest upset \u2014 based on spreads, as a 19-point underdog \u2014 since 1990. On Sunday came a 129-120 win over reigning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and the championship-contending Clippers, the Nets\u2019 fourth win in the past five games.<\/p>\n

Now, the once-unrecognizable roster is enjoying unlikely thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course it\u2019s changed expectations a lot,\u201d Kurucs said. \u201cI think the biggest key was our communication with us and that\u2019s it. We\u2019ve been working hard on it and talking through every play, trying to understand how every guy thinks, the new guys who came into the team. We just talked it out and we got it and we\u2019re doing great and we\u2019re happ<\/a>y about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose have been huge games for us and it\u2019s just great how we play together. It\u2019s a good boost of positive emotions for the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nets play their penultimate regular-season game Tuesday against the Magic. Two days later comes a matchup with the Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n

But the future is in stone. The seventh-seeded Nets will face the reigning-champion Raptors in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

There will be no pressure. The postseason expectation remains unchanged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat kind of makes it easy on us, just going out there playing our game and just competing,\u201d Allen said. \u201cWe know we can compete with anybody when we want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caris LeVert has made it possible.<\/p>\n

Since the resumption of the season, the 25-year-old has averaged 22.6 points, 6.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals, taking over as the offensive facilitator in Irving and Dinwiddie\u2019s absences. Playing the point, LeVert put up 27 points and 13 assists in the win over the Clippers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about putting the ball in his hands and letting him create,\u201d interim coach Jacques Vaughn said. \u201cHe\u2019s garnering double teams now which has really heightened our ability to get open shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vaughn is 6-2 since taking over for Kenny Atkinson and has earned a more serious look at the full-time job next season. Should it be offered to someone else, Vaughn will always have Orlando.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be an experience that we\u2019ll be linked forever, this group,\u201d Vaughn said. \u201cRemember this opportunity and what we do with it.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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