The Brooklyn Nets are one of the surprises of this start of the season in the NBA and their coach, Jordi Fernández, was very satisfied this Friday with the work of his players, who have won two in a row and three in the last four games.
“We won the first two quarters. I’m not very happy with how we finished the first and second, and in the third they beat us back. “It’s what good NBA teams do and they are a good team,” he said this Friday in a press conference after the Nets defeated the Chicago Bulls 120-112.
“We found ourselves behind at 94-98 and a timeout and responded with a 10-0 run. That’s basically what you want to do: you see adversity, you come together (as a team), and then you respond. “I am very happy with the players,” he said.
“Winning two games in a row is important in this league. Learning how to do that is important and doing it as a unit. “The players did a great job,” he added.
In the process of rebuilding the franchise, the Nets (3-3) have shown themselves at the beginning of the campaign as a very competitive and compact team, so much so that in their last four games they have only lost one and it was in overtime and against Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets.
“There are 76 games left and we have to continue. Now we can no longer recover the Denver game, the Atlanta game or any of the games we lost. What we can do is: ‘how can we be better?’” said the Badalona coach.
You see adversity, you come together (as a team) and then you respond. “I am very happy with the players.”
“I think that’s been shown since the Milwaukee game, then Memphis and then tonight: our growth. How you close quarters, how you have to win quarters, how you have to communicate with each other, not have empty possessions, not make mistakes due to lack of communication. All the things we address in our daily lives, we want to see how we grow,” he added.
Against the Bulls, Cam Thomas, one of the most lethal scorers in the NBA in this week and a half of competition, came out with 32 points (10 in the last minutes) and a sensational three-pointer from the central logo to seal the victory.
“I can’t train him that. “That’s him being him,” Fernández praised in reference to Thomas’ “superpower” in terms of scoring.
“The other day it was Dennis (Schroder) and today it was CT. “That’s what good units do: it’s not about you, it’s about the group,” he said.
Cam Johnson added 14 points and 6 rebounds and Ben Simmons also stood out, bordering on a triple-double (8 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists). Five players surpassed 10 points for the Nets with 52.1% shooting from the field and 66 points in the paint (40 for the Bulls).
The Nets will have the opportunity to extend their good moment with a game this Sunday and at home against the Detroit Pistons (1-5).
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