WASHINGTON — After lacking a staggering eight rotation gamers in Saturday’s win at Indiana, the Nets expect to get again six of them for Monday’s sport at Washington, with an opportunity for a seventh.
Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons, Joe Harris, Seth Curry and T.J. Warren had all missed Saturday for damage administration — the most recent NBA euphemism for relaxation — and had been faraway from the Nets’ damage report on Sunday night time. Kyrie Irving, who’d sat out with left adductor tightness, was additionally cleared to face the Wizards.
Beginning middle Nic Claxton is listed as questionable with proper hamstring tightness after sitting out the 136-133 win. Wing Royce O’Neale will miss a second straight resulting from private causes.
“Everybody else, we count on them to be locked and loaded and able to go in DC,” coach Jacque Vaughn had stated, including “Nic as nicely.”
Durant rejoined the Nets in Washington after having not even flown to Indiana. The 34-year-old’s workload has been a priority, having come into the weekend main the league in minutes performed at 994. O’Neale had been second at 971.
David Duke Jr., Kessler Edwards and Donovan Williams had been all out, on project with G-League Lengthy Island after fill-in responsibility Saturday.
Williams — a rookie on a two-way contract — made his NBA debut towards the Pacers, making the Nets the final group to play a rookie this season. He was scoreless with one rebound, one foul and two turnovers in 5:16. Duke Jr. had seven factors, three boards and three assists — albeit 4 turnovers — in 25:15.
Edwards could have had the largest influence. He began and had six factors, 9 rebounds and a steal in 34:37. And with the Nets trailing by 14 within the third quarter, they went to a zone with the long-armed Edwards on the high of it.
The transfer caught Indiana off guard. Brooklyn went on a 16-5 run to get again in it, switching back-and-forth from man to zone the remainder of the way in which to tug out the come-from-behind victory.
“Yeah, so we actually saved that,” stated Vaughn, “We didn’t wish to give it to him earlier than halftime so they might alter to it at halftime. So we saved it in our again pocket and little little bit of a shock assault and gave us some legs a bit of bit, slowed them down, saved us in entrance of the basketball.
“And we had been truly in a position to rebound out of it, which loads of occasions that’s the problem of zone. Then we blended it up on them. Once they went to the zone bundle, we had been in a position to do go zone to man again to zone again to man and create a bit of little bit of agitation for them. We wish it to be the aggressors and the zone allowed us to try this.”
Markieff Morris is coming off his first double-double (15 factors and 11 rebounds), however he had different excellent news Saturday. His contract assured by one other $1 million.
He was assured for $500,000 on opening night time. Morris’ $2.9 million veteran minimal deal turns into totally assured on Jan. 10.
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