The Nets have used the same starting five in their last four games. But with blowouts of 18 and 44 points in their last two, there could be changes.
and 44 points in their last two on the road, it remains to be seen if coach Jacque Vaughn will make any lineup tweaks Sunday at the Hawks.
Nic Claxton, Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges have started every game since Johnson and Bridges arrived in the Kevin Durant trade. But thatThe Nets ended up mustering a season-low 87 points and trailed by as many as 50. Clearly something needs to change., scoring a team-high 22 points and going 3-for-6 from deep despite being relegated to the bench.
It marked the young guard’s sixth 20-point outing since Jan. 30 against Los Angeles after he had just two before that. In the 10-game stretch, he’s averaging 25.6 points on sterling .488/.464/.895 shooting splits.Jacque Vaughn: ‘True test’ for Nets is ahead following abysmal loss Thomas’ name was actually the first out of Hawks interim coach Joe Prunty’s mouth when discussing the Nets on Saturday.
“Yeah, definitely [they’re different],” Prunty said, referring to the trades of Durant and Kyrie Irving. “I think when people look at them, they’re going to look at them and they’re not going to see, quote-unquote, ‘names.’ This is a dangerous team and very talented. A lot of guys that can score the ball.
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