He was one of the big disappointments of the Nets' trip to Paris. Hit in the knee, Day’Ron Sharpe did not have the opportunity to set foot on the Parisian floor and face the Cavs. “ I had the opportunity to speak to him when I was in Paris. He was very disappointed. This trip was important to him, in the sense that he wanted to experience something different. He's never been to Paris, so I felt bad that he couldn't join us “, regrets Jacque Vaughn.
His replacement interior, based on his best career performance with an average of 7.5 points and 7 rebounds (in just 16 minutes), suffers from a sprained left knee. The Nets will provide an update on his state of health in two weeks.
In the meantime, to give the starting pivot Nic Claxton some breathing room, the Nets will resort to an adjustment already frequently used at home: playing with a smaller five.
“ We're going to have to play a lot more 'small ball'. Harry (Giles) will have to do more and the others will have to modify their role a little. […] (Claxton) clearly does a great job all year holding the racket, but it's hard to ask him to play 48 (minutes). We'll see how it goes “, Cam Johnson poster after yesterday's practice.
The Dorian Finney-Smith card
While Harry Giles has been very little mobilized so far, the former Suns player also cites Dorian Finney-Smith, whom he considers “ one of the best in the league at playing pivot in a 'small ball' configuration. This is clearly a card for us to play. »
The old “3&D” of the Mavs had already been used in this context, at the start of the season, when the starting pivot was in turn in the infirmary. “ He really took up the challenge. […] Most of the time when he's a center, the guy standing next to him will be taller than him, and often wider and stronger than him. This is why his combativeness is the first thing to highlight “, appreciated Jacque Vaughn at the time.
And who says playing smaller, says playing faster by relying on a few elements of the bench who were able to show themselves during this match in the French capital (Cam Thomas, Lonnie Walker IV). “ What stands out clearly is our ability to play fast. We have to play that way, whether it's taking quick shots that sometimes we turn down to try to get better shots. Sometimes this first opportunity will be good for us »Judges Jacque Vaughn today.
His team, with 14 points scored on the counter-attack each evening, occupies 14th place in the ranking in this area.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Mikal Bridges | 38 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 84.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 21.3 |
| Cam Thomas | 29 | 28.7 | 43.1 | 35.3 | 79.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 20.5 |
| Cameron Johnson | 30 | 29.0 | 46.0 | 41.1 | 71.7 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| Lonnie Walker | 20 | 19.9 | 48.7 | 46.6 | 76.3 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 13.5 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 36 | 30.9 | 39.0 | 31.5 | 77.4 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 13.4 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 28 | 28.3 | 64.2 | 100.0 | 59.5 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 12.2 |
| Keon Johnson | 1 | 20.9 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 35 | 28.4 | 43.1 | 40.9 | 80.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 9.6 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 37 | 16.0 | 57.5 | 14.3 | 61.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 7.5 |
| Royce O'neale | 37 | 25.2 | 38.2 | 36.7 | 61.1 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 7.3 |
| Dennis Smith | 23 | 19.6 | 41.9 | 27.3 | 82.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 7.2 |
| Noah Clowney | 2 | 13.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| Ben Simmons | 6 | 31.8 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 6.5 |
| Trendon Watford | 27 | 13.0 | 54.8 | 34.8 | 82.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| Jalen Wilson | 11 | 9.5 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Armoni Brooks | 10 | 10.4 | 32.6 | 34.4 | 50.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Harry Giles | 11 | 5.6 | 51.4 | 14.3 | 54.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| Dariq Whitehead | 2 | 12.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
