“Ideal, we would love to have yesterday’s team every single game. Like, last night (in Chicago) was just how it’s supposed to be a majority of the time,” said James Harden. “It feels different when we got everybody there. And two of their bigs, Nic Claxton (hamstring) and LaMarcus Aldridge (right foot soreness) were out and Kyrie Irving couldn’t even attend the game. To stack the odds higher, the team was without Kevin Durant and Patty Mills, who both took a needed rest day. Thursday morning - and getting to their homes two hours later, the Nets were exhausted at game time. You can just tell it was a tough ask for our guys with all the travel and playing.”Īfter landing back on the east coast around 5:00 a.m.
That’s definitely part of it and those guys played very well.
Early games and all that stuff, I felt for our guys a little bit trying to get some juice tonight,” said Steve Nash after the 130-109 loss. Traveling across the country and playing four in five nights. “One part of us is glad to get this week over with. With the loss, Brooklyn falls to 26-15 on the season and is back to. In their fourth game in five days, the Nets were defeated by the Thunder, 130-109.
