Excuses, Excuses
Excuses, Excuses
| Final - 3.29.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 33 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 84 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 27 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 90 |
Excuses, Excuses
Beyond their good luck in not having to face teams with some of their best players, the Nets have also recommitted (committed for the first time?) to actually guarding opponents. Wins result.
Fred Carter can pop the champagne. The Nets trailed most of the night, but they hung close with the Spurs and came back to get win No. 10 at the Izod Center on Monday night.
Nets in Power Ranking heaven. Only John Hollinger has them ranked last anymore. it helps when the Wizards and the Wolves have lost 15 straight and you've won two in a week. ALl this and Prokhorov too?!
It's that time of year. San Antonio, counted out as a championship contender, gets serious. Right now, they are the sixth seed in the West, safely in the playoffs, having won 12 of their last...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 33 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 84 |
| New Jersey | 27 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 90 |
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jefferson | 38 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 5-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Tim Duncan | 30 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 12-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Antonio McDyess | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Keith Bogans | 19 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 1 |
| George Hill | 39 | 8-19 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Roger Mason Jr. | 8 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Matt Bonner | 26 | 4-11 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 9-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| DeJuan Blair | 17 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Garrett Temple | 11 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Malik Hairston | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Manu Ginobili | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Tony Parker | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ian Mahinmi | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jackson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Curtis Jerrells | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-82 | 5-15 | 11-20 | 53-16 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 19-2 | 84 | |
| .415 | .333 | .550 | Team Reb: 13 | Total TO: 0 (3 pts) | |||||||
| New Jersey | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarvis Hayes | 22 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Yi Jianlian | 31 | 3-12 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Brook Lopez | 38 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 12-6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 22 |
| Courtney Lee | 35 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 6-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 19 |
| Devin Harris | 38 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 2-0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Terrence Williams | 26 | 4-13 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 7-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Kris Humphries | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Josh Boone | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Keyon Dooling | 13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Tony Battie | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Trenton Hassell | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Bobby Simmons | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Chris Quinn | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-85 | 5-19 | 21-24 | 43-10 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19-0 | 90 | |
| .376 | .263 | .875 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||