{"id":46658,"date":"2020-08-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-battle-but-cant-stop-trail-blazers-from-making-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T04:00:00","slug":"nets-battle-but-cant-stop-trail-blazers-from-making-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-battle-but-cant-stop-trail-blazers-from-making-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets battle but can\u2019t stop Trail Blazers from making playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets battle but can\u2019t stop Trail Blazers from making playoffs<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 14, 2020 |<\/span> 12:00am |<\/span> Updated August 14, 2020 | 12:02am<\/span><\/p>\n

\n The Trail Blazers were playing for their playoff lives. The Nets were playing for nothing but pride, and rhythm. And the Nets gave the Blazers everything they could handle, right down to Caris LeVert\u2019s last-second shot that just rimed out.<\/p>\n

The Nets \u2014 who already clinched a first-round playoff meeting with defending champion Toronto \u2014 fell 134-133 in a game<\/a> that put Portland into a two-game play-in series<\/a> against the Grizzlies and knocked the Suns, despite going 8-0 in the restart, out of the playoff hunt.<\/p>\n

Damian Lillard had a game-high 42 points, and CJ McCollum had 25, including a bucket that put Portland up 134-130 in the final minute. The Nets closed within one on a LeVert three-point play, but \u2014 after forcing a missed Carmelo Anthony 3 \u2014 couldn\u2019t get the last basket.<\/p>\n

LeVert had 37 points and nine assists, while Joe Harris and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot added 19 each.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t think about the basketball machinations. That\u2019s not on us to be involved in. It\u2019s about the Brooklyn Nets, our organization, what\u2019s going to be best for this group moving forward, how we continue to have rhythm and keep our guys healthy,\u201d said Jacque Vaughn, whose Nets went a surprising 5-3 in the restart.<\/p>\n

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Jarrett Allen attempts to block a shot during the Nets\u2019 134-133 loss to the Trail Blazers on Thursday night.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cReally we wanted to get through this game before we progress to the next phase. Overall this team has continued to be resilient, be adaptable, be flexible and really look at our sentence. This is a comma, we haven\u2019t put a period on the end of our sentence. So that\u2019s the challenge for these guys, to continue to write their story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite a decimated roster, the Nets have been one of the bigger bubble surprises. Vaughn will reportedly face competition from the likes of Ty Lue, Jason Kidd, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy to keep the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, it\u2019d be completely unfair to comment on any of those reports. The focus should remain on what we\u2019re doing here and what Jacque and what this coaching staff are doing. Our emphasis to be quite frank is on the playoffs,\u201d GM Sean Marks said on YES. \u201cWe\u2019ll address this after the season, but our focus purely right now is on this group of young men and this staff that\u2019s sacrificing to be down here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nets fell behind by nine early in the third quarter. But Jusuf Nurkic and Anthony both picked up pivotal fourth fouls, and the Nets punished Portland.<\/p>\n

Trailing 84-76 after a Hassan Whiteside tip-in with 8:42 left in the third, the Nets held Portland without a basket for 4:36 and reeled off a 15-1 run.<\/p>\n

Consecutive tip-ins by Jarrett Allen and Rodions Kurucs gave the Nets a lead, and free throws by Garrett Temple padded it to 91-85. By the time Nurkic finally broke the run on a tip-in, the Nets had seized momentum with 4:06 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The Nets led by 104-97 going into the fourth. They gave up a 20-12 run, watching Portland go ahead on a Lillard 3. But lay-ups by Harris and Temple, followed by a hook from Allen put the Nets ahead 122-117 with 5:15 to play.<\/p>\n

With the game tied at 130-all with two minutes left on a Harris bucket, Nurkic\u2019 basket broke the tie. The Nets committed back-to-back turnovers, with Lillard stealing the ball and McCollum putting Portland up by four with 53 seconds left in the game.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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