Spencer Dinwiddie's absence due to injury presented an opportunity for Patty Mills to step up, and he capitalized on it. Mills delivered a stellar performance in his first start with the Brooklyn Nets.
Schroder had been not only Brooklyn’s emotional leader and ball pressure pest, but their floor general. Ben Simmons inherited the latter role, but — after having all or most of his prior three seasons wiped out by back woes — injuries and missed games are just a foregone conclusion.Keon Johnson is an off-guard tasked with being a perimeter defender. Newly acquired two-way Reece Beekman hasn’t been able to get on the floor for more than mop-up cameos.
But with Simmons out, Milton got his first Nets start and responded with 16 points, a season-high 12 assists and just a single turnover in 34 minutes against San Antonio. It was a performance that suggests whenever Simmons comes off the floor, Milton should be the one coach Jordi Fernandez trusts with the ball — starting with Sunday’s game against the Magic. “He was good,” Fernandez said of Milton. “And then you look at his line with 5-for-9, 16 points, 12 assists. So, you know, pretty good. “Most importantly it’s 12 assists with one turnover. So, really very impressed, because he’s playing a little bit out of position. He’s more comfortable when I play him off the ball, and then I can run actions for him. I’m asking him to pick up, to bring the ball up and then to try to score and organize everybody. And so he’s doing a great job.”It was Milton’s fourth career double-double, and first since April 2023 with Philadelphia. More importantly, after having just his second 20-point performance of the season on Thursday night in Milwaukee, Milton followed it up with the second most assists ever by a Net in their first start with the team.“I felt good. It’s not an easy job, doing what the team is asking you to do sometimes, like picking up 94 and then, handling the rock and trying to get guys in the right spot,” Milton said. “But everybody’s unselfish. Everybody plays a role. So just try to step up and help the team however I coul
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