Lichtenstein: Brooks' Kobe-Esque Performance Begs For An Encore
When MarShon Brooks has his game going, he is a threat to score from almost any spot on the floor.
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When MarShon Brooks has his game going, he is a threat to score from almost any spot on the floor.
The Nets won their third straight game after dominating the Kings 113-93. They're now 5-1 under P.J. Carlesimo
Exactly three hours after the game started, Joe Johnson finally won an exhausting game for the Brooklyn Nets.
Call off the search party. Send the hounds back to the kennel. The real Brooklyn Nets were found last night in Oklahoma City.
P.J. Carlesimo's first big motivational message as the interim coach of the Brooklyn Nets earned him an elusive win in Oklahoma City, and perhaps the kind of jolt his team needs to get out of a monthlong funk.
"I'm just overthinking," Williams said. "I've never been a player that can go out there and play and think ... I just react. Now, it's like I come off [a screen] and I'm thinking, 'Should I shoot this? Should I not?'"
In case King forgot, interim is defined as an intervening temporary period. It implies an ending at some point.
The Brooklyn Nets ended 2012 a few hours earlier than most. Tony Parker had 20 points and the San Antonio Spurs held the Nets to only five points in the third quarter en route to a 104-73 win Monday night.
Brook Lopez scored a season-high 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets improved to 2-0 under interim coach P.J. Carlesimo by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-100.
It's been a rarity this season, especially this cruel month in which the Nets have registered but four wins in 14 games, but the YES cameras caught various Nets smiling throughout the telecast of this laugher.
Mikhail Prokhorov saw the draining team spirit, the missing will to fight, and decided change was needed. The Brooklyn Nets owner had to like the results in the first game under P.J. Carlesimo.
Although Deron Williams vehemently denies it, a report indicates that the star point guard "totally quit on Avery Johnson."
In the end, the Nets are going to have to live with Stan Van Gundy, Jeff Van Gundy or Nate McMillan as the head coach. All of those candidates give the Nets more than nice-guy Avery. None of them would give them as much as Jackson.
The Nets have Jackson, who was passed over for the Lakers job earlier this season, high on their list of potential replacements for fired coach Avery Johnson, according to multiple reports.
Avery Johnson was fired on Thursday as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, who have fallen to .500 in their season of new surroundings and elevated expectations.
