Official 2015-16 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (21-59, 3rd slot as of 4/12)

[libermaniac]

Brook Lopez hasn't missed a game this year.  Considering the last 4 years, he's played 5, 74, 17, 72 that's pretty amazing.

[mctyson]

brooklyn is terrible.  they have a legitimate All Star center and they are still terrible.  I would argue they are worse than LA and Philly because of that.

[mef730]

As depressing as the Nets were last night (and I'll be the first to admit that the pain was worse because of the Pats), if somebody had told me before the season that they would be the third worst team and 12-33 at this point, I would have been jumping up and down for joy.

Mike

[mef730]

What Matters Tonight

Reasonably important night tonight, with three games that will have an impact on the standings.

Heat at Nets: The Heat was a mess last time they played the Nets, Wayne Ellington turned into Larry Bird and the Nets won, in Miami. The Heat is still a mess, but that's because of injuries rather than team dynamics. Deng, Bosh and Wade are all back, even if it looks like Whiteside and Dragic will sit. But the Heat won't blow off the Nets this time. Heat to win.

Suns at 76ers: I don't want to say that ESPN is behind the times, but they have Eric Bledsoe listed as a player to watch. The Sixers have rallied to play a whopping .357 (5-9) since their 1-30 start. Had they played that way since the beginning of the year, they'd be the sixth worst team in the league, just ahead of...the Suns. With fewer than 40 games left, it's unlikely that Philly will cover the six win spread that they need to catch the Nets, so we should be rooting for a Suns win. Fortunately, they will.

Mavericks at Lakers: A Lakers win would be a double-bonus: They'd pull another game closer to Brooklyn and the Mavs would drop another game back. And am I the only one who thought that LAL would be better in the second half of the year? I was particularly hopeful after they won three in a row, but then I realized that those three were against us, Philly and Phoenix. They've won exactly one game since. Dallas to win.

Mike

[CroCorvus]

Brooklyn is gonna trash Miami tonight.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Hope Anthony Davis is negative in his concussion tests.

We can't catch a break.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Nets' passing and defense are great, but they luckily are still garbage at finishing.  I'm oddly emboldened about this game, it's 16-20 Nets right now though.

Edit: 18-20.  They were just down by like 10 a minute ago, too

[Quetzalcoatl]

Man Winslow looks good.  Too bad Wayne Ellington is turning into a Heat killer.  I wonder if we can trade for him

[Quetzalcoatl]

And this is starting to look bad.  How are Durant/Westbrook and then Wade/Bosh/Winslow/Deng going to lose back to back games to Wayne Ellington and Andrea Bargnani lighting them up?  This is absurd

[chambers]

Philly are up by 8 points at half time vs the Suns.
Suns are absolutely decimated with injuries.

We need the Heat to fight for this one.

[KeepRondo]

And this is starting to look bad.  How are Durant/Westbrook and then Wade/Bosh/Winslow/Deng going to lose back to back games to Wayne Ellington and Andrea Bargnani lighting them up?  This is absurd

its early.

[chambers]

Philly are about to beat the Suns. 16 points up in the 4th.

[mef730]

Philly are about to beat the Suns. 16 points up in the 4th.

Is Okafor even playing? Wow.

Mike

[Quetzalcoatl]

Holy [expletive] Winslow just had a monster dunk

[jambr380]

Holy [expletive] Winslow just had a monster dunk

I think you mean Gerald Green.

Way to go Miami, btw - 26-16 in the 3rd. Now we just need them to maintain that momentum through the end.