connecting*the*dots

Go Jersey!

Post-game update: (81-77 L) The Nets don’t have a shot in this series if they don’t change up a few areas of their game:

• Grab defensive rebounds
  The Cavs had 17 offensive boards by the third quarter. Gooden (6 ORB)and Ilgauskas (8 ORB) must be boxed out.
• Take the ball to the rim and quit bitching
  Vince Carter can’t play a strong game on the road for his life. Sasha Pavlovic is a good player, but Carter should be able to dominate him off the dribble, taking him to the hoop All Day. Instead, he settled for pull up jumpers and/or spent forever dribbling himself out of control. And when he didn’t get a call, he dropped into prima donna mode and allowed breaks to develop the other direction.

I’m not panicked, though. Losing by four, on the road, as poorly as the Nets played and shot, there’s only room for improvement.