Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn had pleaded with his players to embrace their identity as a fastbreak team, and they did.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After blowing a couple late leads, the Nets finally got in the win column this season.
Playing sans starting center Nic Claxton and power forward Cam Johnson, the Nets went with a smallball five-out lineup that suited both Ben Simmons and Dorian Finney-Smith. “It’s staring us in the face that we are better at playing in transition and in full-court basketball than in the half court,” said Vaughn, whose Nets had 28 fastbreak points with a 17-2 edge in the first quarter. “And the sooner we realize that as a group, the better off we’re going to be.”Thomas poured in a game-high 33 points, having cracked 30 in every game this season.
Nets guard Cam Thomas shoots the ball under pressure from Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward.Simmons sparked a white-hot start, the Nets racing out of the blocks — racing being the operative word.
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