Portland’s balanced top 5 makes them a real threat in the West.
Nets hope to stun slowed Blazers
BY SAM LACHOW Brooklyn Nets Breakdown Portland Trail Blazers 26-28 Record 39-18 6-4 Last 10 Games 5-5 103.0 Points scored per 100 possessions 108.6 104.6 Points allowed per 100 possessions 105.3 97.9 Possessions per game 98.0 45.1% Field goal percentage 45.0% 36.5% Three-point percentage 38.1% 47.7% Rebound percentage 51.6% 15.4% Turnover percentage 13.8% Joe […]
Brook Lopez’s twin brother offers glimpse into the Lopez mind
In a wide-ranging interview with Williamette Week, Portland Trail Blazers center and Brook Lopez DNA match Robin Lopez discusses growing up with the Nets center, as well as their shared interests, comic books (of course), and memberships. Here’s a glance at some of Robin’s Brook-related answers:
Five Final Thoughts from the Blazers-Nets debacle
The box score is here, if you hate yourself. Five final thoughts:
Ghost Town
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Following Monday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Brooklyn Nets engaged in some roster-wide “reflection,” reflection that kept roughly 40 media members out of the locker room, pushed back into a far-off hallway, well out of earshot. Whatever words were tossed around the lockers, it was clear the team didn’t […]
Nets-Blazers: Advanced Box & Final Thoughts: The Reggie Evans Game, The Rotation, Deron Williams, & More
Check out the advanced box score from last night’s 111-93 Brooklyn Nets slaughterhouse here. Some final thoughts: I’ve already expounded on how unreal Reggie Evans was last night, but just a cursory look at the numbers: 37.8% total rebound percentage (40.6% on NBA.com — they’re slightly different because of how the two sites calculate possessions), […]
#Nets might make some noise in the playoffs b.” Blowout Over Blazers on Twitter
Warm-Ups #PDX is #trending? Could it be because we’re about to trounce the #Nets!? GO #BLAZERS ! #ripcity #TBTV #NBA #Brooklyn #rosecity #uniteblue — Harold Jennings (@HDJennings) March 28, 2013 I love the occasional West coast trip but this 10:30 game can’t come soon enough. #brooklyn #nets — Bruce Jones (@BruceJJones) March 28, 2013 Stotts […]
Nets vs. Blazers, 10:30 P.M. EST:
TBG Open Thread
Tonight: The 41-29 Brooklyn Nets kick off the second half of their Circus Trip against the Portland Trail Blazers, at the Rose Garden in Portland at 10:30 P.M. The Nets are 3-1 on the trip so far, dropping only a 101-95 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Blazers return home after a five-game road […]
Talking D-Will, Lillard, Blazers Bigs:
Preview From Portland
With half of the Circus Trip behind them, the 41-29 Brooklyn Nets kick off their final four games in the eight-game, 17-day road trip in Portland against the 33-37 Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers are 2.5 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the eighth seed in the Western Conference, and are back home after […]
Nets vs. Blazers, D-Will vs. Lillard:
The BK Game Streak
The 41-29 Brooklyn Nets take on the 33-37 Portland Trail Blazers in Portland to kick off the second half of their Circus Trip, and along with a chance to guarantee a season over .500 for the first time since 2005-06, you know what that means: another chance to play The BK Game Streak to win […]
Brooklyn Basics: On Nets-Blazers
Chat it up in tonight’s game thread! The Brooklyn Nets (7-4) face the Portland Trail Blazers (6-6) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn today. Here’s the deal on this afternoon. Remember: you can grade the players at any time.
Nets will get a “good look at price paid” for Wallace today
Writing at New York Times’s Off the Dribble blog, Benjamin Hoffman notes that the Brooklyn Nets will have a look at what might have been today against the Portland Trail Blazers: at last year’s deadline, the Nets traded their first-round pick (top-3 protected), along with Shawne Williams and Mehmet Okur, for Gerald Wallace. The pick, […]
