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January 3, 2012
Nets, Struggling on Offense, Watch Pacers Find Rhythm
The New York Times
by Jake Appleman
New year, same awful Nets.
When the two worst-shooting teams in the N.B.A. got together Monday night, the Nets played down to their standing and fell to the Indiana Pacers, 108-94.
The Pacers, who shot 53 percent to the Nets’ 37 percent, also made 13 of 21 3-point attempts. If sinking shots — and the Nets’ hopes — seemed like no contest for the Pacers, it was because most of the 3-point attempts were not contested.
“We just didn’t do a good job of running them off the 3-point line, of paying attention to details,” Deron Williams said.
Um, you just didn't do a good job, period.
With the Knicks telecast blocked out of many homes in the New York metropolitan area because of MSG Network’s dispute with Time Warner Cable, the Nets, for many, were the only game on. In front of 12,519 at Prudential Center, the undermanned Nets never led.
NoLandGrab: Looks like "professional" sports won't be coming back to Brooklyn after all.
Photo: Julio Cortez/Associated Press
Posted by eric at January 3, 2012 4:30 PM