”īrooklyn looked sluggish from the start, shooting just 28.6% from the field in the first quarter, and Chicago took the lead. I think we saw diversity and volume play tonight where we didn’t get destroyed in terms of rebounding and variation in shooting,” said Vaughn. “We only gave up 21 points going into the fourth, and that was with (Watanabe) on the floor finishing for us. Dinwiddie scored 13 in the fourth and hit Watanabe with a pair of 3s.īrooklyn, which ranks 29th in the NBA in rebounds per game, also beat Chicago 49-46, winning the rebounding battle for the first time in 16 games. Playing miraculously and in danger of losing more ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race, the Nets finished with a two-game skid with a 20-6 lead in the fourth quarter, led by Dinwiddie and Watanabe. So these decisions aren’t easy, they come with a lot of thought, a lot of process around debriefing and the systematic discussions that go along with that.” “My job as GM and our work as a front office is to try and bring in that caliber of talent. “I wouldn’t wear it down, it’s always tough when you’re trading a player of that stature and such,” said Nets general manager Sean Marks. His trade followed Irving’s trade on Sunday. Brooklyn traded Durant and forward TJ Warren along with Cam Johnson, Michal Bridges, Jay Crowder-who later flipped to Milwaukee for two second-round picks-and four first-round picks (2023, 2025, 2027, 2029) as well as swapping a pick in 2028.ĭurant, a 13-time All-Star who was slated to represent the Nets in the upcoming All-Star Game in Utah, averaged 29 points per game over 129 games for Brooklyn, but lost time in each of his four seasons with the Nets. We have to recognize that.”ĭurant’s trade was agreed in the early hours of Thursday morning and then announced shortly before the tip-off. “The space for error is getting smaller and smaller. “Each day that passes we have less of a chance to take on this challenge,” DeRozan said. Zach LaVine scored 38 points and DeMar DeRozan 14 for Chicago, which lost its second in a row and fell to 10-18 on the road. ‘If I were to go back somewhere, out of the three I’ve been to, it would definitely be here, unequivocally.’
“The whole last four or five days have been strange to me,” Dinwiddie said. He spent five seasons with the team and came back with 18 points in the second half.
This was the first game for the Dinwidian Nets since December 27, 2020. It’s nice to see us really locked in, especially towards the end of the game. I thought we did a really good job focusing on the game plan. “We just found a way,” said Nets coach Jack Vaughn. Dorian Finney Smith, who came with Dinwiddie from Dallas in a trade for Kyrie Irving, scored nine points and nine rebounds in his debut with the Nets. Joe Harris scored 18 points and Yuta Watanabe shrank 14 points in 22 minutes off the bench. New York (AP) Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points in his first game since returning to Brooklyn as the Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 116-105 Thursday night, hours after star player Kevin Durant was traded to Phoenix.
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