November Wrap Up & Game Analysis - BlindSideNZ's Blog

BlindSideNZ's Blog

November Wrap Up & Game Analysis

Posted on December 4, 2014 at 06:26 AM.

(0)

So month 1 of the new NBA season is over and it has been an interesting one. After flying out of the gate to a 5-0 start things have settled down to a 9-6 record which is good for 3rd in the Atlantic and 6th in the conference.

The age of the roster is already proving to be a problem as we're dealing with fatigue especially in the front court of Brook Lopez & Kevin Garnett. When we already lost Joe Johnson early to a torn achilles.

As i pointed in a previous post we were limited on options at the small forward, despite having 3/4 guys capable of starting the position. Once Johnson went down we struggled to put points on the board even more so when we went to the bench.

Not long after this Sergey Karasev started mumbling and grumbling about his role and minutes (much like real life) so i shopped him immediately. The team struggles enough to not need a chemistry issue. Options were limited (due to my stipulation on trading draft picks). We ended up finding a deal with Miami. Karasev & our 2018 2nd round pick for Danny Granger. While some view Danny as being on the decline it was a move that had to be made. Danny can start at the 3 and that allows us to keep Bogdanovic coming off the bench which is an extremely effective floor stretching unit.

So looking at the team stats after the first month. Some surprises some were expected.

Brooklyn Nets Stats - 2014-15
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Deron Williams	15	34.4	20.7	3.3	7.9	1.3	0.2	.476	.414
Brook Lopez	15	31.0	14.1	9.6	0.9	0.6	1.1	.481	.500
Joe Johnson (INJ)	4	27.7	12.7	2.0	2.5	0.7	0.0	.415	.400
Alan Anderson	15	30.7	11.9	3.7	2.2	0.8	0.1	.427	.320
Bojan Bogdanovic	15	25.3	9.9	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.3	.459	.483
Danny Granger	15	20.2	9.5	1.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	.438	.372
Mirza Teletovic	15	21.1	9.2	5.8	0.4	0.4	0.5	.442	.319
Jarrett Jack	15	25.3	9.1	1.9	5.9	0.4	0.1	.418	.324
Kevin Garnett	15	26.3	7.4	6.3	1.2	0.7	0.5	.475	.000
Mason Plumlee	15	20.5	4.5	7.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	.509	.000
Markel Brown	8	8.5	2.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.1	.533	.600
Andrei Kirilenko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cory Jefferson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Gutierrez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Deron Williams is still performing at a high level which has been huge for us as Brook Lopez continues to struggle. Some games he comes out strong and other games he dissapears all together.

Alan Anderson is having a career year so far. Sure he is playing an extra 8mpg than ever before but he was proving to be effective as a 4th or 5th option. Unfortunately his numbers have slipped slightly since Johnson went down, but he has done enough to fight Granger for the starting SF spot when Johnson returns.

Rookie Markel Brown has impressed in limited minutes especially shooting that three ball. But has also shown flashes as a slasher. Which is great news for us as the roster continues to age.

Onto the Game analysis.

New Jersey Nets at Philadelphia 76ers
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New Jersey ()	28	23	25	27	103
Philadelphia ()	22	17	22	29	90

New Jersey Nets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Deron Williams	37	13-24	2-6	1-2	4	9	1	0	1	29
Alan Anderson	26	3-7	3-5	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	9
Danny Granger	30	4-9	2-3	1-2	2	3	1	0	0	11
Kevin Garnett	24	2-4	0-0	0-0	9	2	1	1	0	4
Brook Lopez	30	8-17	0-0	4-6	10	1	1	1	1	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jarrett Jack	28	4-9	2-4	2-3	3	6	0	0	0	12
Mason Plumlee	22	4-7	0-0	0-1	8	1	0	0	0	8
Bojan Bogdanovic	26	2-7	2-6	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	6
Mirza Teletovic	22	2-4	0-1	0-0	8	0	0	1	1	4
TEAM TOTALS		42-88	11-25	8-14	48	26	4	3	3	103

Philadelphia 76ers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Michael Carter-Williams	37	6-17	1-4	5-6	2	3	0	1	3	18
Tony Wroten	37	9-23	2-8	6-8	6	5	0	0	1	26
Luc Mbah a Moute	35	3-9	0-1	0-0	11	2	0	0	0	6
Nerlens Noel	37	4-6	0-0	1-1	9	2	0	0	0	9
Brandon Davies	35	1-7	0-0	0-0	10	1	1	0	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Henry Sims	14	5-9	0-0	1-2	10	0	0	0	0	11
Alexey Shved	14	4-8	2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	10
Hollis Thompson	15	2-5	1-3	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	6
Jerami Grant	10	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
K.J. McDaniels	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		35-88	6-20	14-19	54	16	1	1	8	90

The Good:
- Stars making their money. Both Williams and Lopez came out and made their prescence felt as they should over a team struggling like the Sixers.

- Defense, although a weak team we held their shooting from the floor and behind the arc at very respectable %s

- Assist numbers, the team is finally playing team ball. Which is something we've been looking for all year so far.

The Bad:
- Fatigue is starting to kill us. Garnett and Lopez could only muster 23 & 29mpg respectively. Granted we deferred to the bench guys for most of the game its not great seeing two key parts of the team already struggling so early in the year.

- Rebound, well what rebounds, how we let Philly take 15off rebounds i will never know. Especially Sims with 10 off the bench.

The Ugly
- Phillys backcourt shooting. For two guys who aren't supposed to be known for their shooting we got abused by them. Sure they shot horrible %s but they made the ones that counted which kept a bad team hanging around.

- FT Shooting... 57% just simply isn't good enough. We're getting the attempts just not converting them which is going to hurt seriously in the long run.

Next game we will be travelling across town for game 2 with the Knicks who are currently leading the divison with a 12-6 record.