In the Nets’ heavy 125-102 loss to the Jazz last Friday, Cameron Thomas had 30 points (11/19) off the bench, more total than Brooklyn’s major five, which had combined just 28 points. . Very good news for the rear, empowered offensively in the absence of Kevin Durant and James Harden, less good for the Nets. When a rookie is the top scorer in a game and scores more points than all the starters, it’s rarely a good sign.
But it is ultimately the symbol of this Brooklyn team, which has lost eight consecutive matches and which relies on any player in its workforce to try not to sink further.
Mike Malone under the spell
Facing Denver last night, the former LSU player delivered a layer with an interesting new offensive performance with 20 points (7/16), 3 rebounds and 4 assists. This time around, the major five was in good form (67 of 104 points), but that wasn’t enough to prevent Brooklyn’s eighth straight loss.
” He takes and scores tricky shots. And he can create his own shot. He climbs very high and shoots above his opponents. I think it has a lot of potential” noted the Denver coach, under the spell of the rookie. ” In just 50 matches he has already shown he can score at a very high level“
A born scorer, Cam Thomas does not attach much importance to his recent good performances. As long as it doesn’t lead to a victory for Brooklyn, it’s pretty ridiculous for him.
” You definitely want to win after a performance like that. It’s nice to be congratulated once in a while, but it doesn’t mean anything if you lose 30 points” did he deliver afterwards, with lucidity. ” So I prefer to have the victory to go with this performance. But it’s always nice to be recognized in your rookie year.“
Asked about the possibility of establishing the rookie in the future, Steve Nash, who is desperately looking for a solution to stop the black series of the Nets, did not close any doors.
” Anything is possible, depending on who is available. We’ll see who can play in the next few days, and we’ll take it from there. But whether he is a starter or a substitute, he will continue to benefit from significant playing time.“
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Kevin Durant | 36 | 36.5 | 52.0 | 37.2 | 89.4 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 29.2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 12 | 35.6 | 45.6 | 36.7 | 91.7 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 23.2 |
| James Harden | 44 | 37.0 | 41.4 | 33.2 | 86.9 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 22.5 |
| Patty Mills | 52 | 31.0 | 43.6 | 42.5 | 88.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 13.8 |
| Lamarcus Aldridge | 36 | 22.9 | 55.5 | 31.6 | 85.3 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| Joe Harris | 14 | 29.9 | 45.2 | 46.6 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 11.3 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 25 | 21.2 | 63.9 | 0.0 | 56.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 9.1 |
| cam thomas | 42 | 18.0 | 43.9 | 26.5 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 8.3 |
| Kessler Edwards | 22 | 26.1 | 43.3 | 38.4 | 75.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Blake Griffin | 42 | 18.7 | 41.2 | 23.7 | 73.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 25 | 12.1 | 58.3 | 25.0 | 69.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 44 | 20.3 | 48.1 | 29.7 | 73.8 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Deandre’ Bembry | 47 | 19.8 | 58.7 | 45.5 | 60.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
| David Duke | 14 | 17.5 | 37.2 | 28.0 | 82.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| James Johnson | 38 | 18.7 | 47.0 | 27.3 | 40.7 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| Paul Millsap | 24 | 11.2 | 37.6 | 22.2 | 70.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| Langston Galloway | 4 | 14.6 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Jevon Carter | 40 | 11.3 | 31.3 | 31.2 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| James Ennis | 2 | 6.8 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 2 | 11.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
