The Nets demonstrated exactly what has so frustrated their head coach – and showed plenty of frustration themselves in the process.
INDIANAPOLIS – Before the 20th game of the Nets’ season, Jacque Vaughn said his team needed to focus on its consistency. Vaughn said he wanted to see “full games, 48 minutes – together on a more consistent basis.”
The Nets led by 12 in the first quarter, 65-57 at halftime and by six entering the fourth in a game that was wildly encouraging until it wasn’t. Vaughn’s team again could not find 48 minutes of consistency, collapsing in an ugly, tense fourth quarter in a 128-117 loss to the Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday night.The Pacers used a 17-4 burst in the first five and half minutes of the fourth quarter to seize a game that had not been theirs.
The Nets’ anger continued with 3:38 to play, when Nic Claxton shoved Tyrese Haliburton to the ground before running back on defense. Haliburton, who got up seemingly ready to fight, had to be held back. Claxton was given a Flagrant 1 for “unnecessary contact” in a game that had gotten out of hand. Simmons showed a burst to get around whichever Pacer in front of him. He spun his way to a fastbreak layup. He challenged Indiana center Myles Turner at the rim, hung just a little bit longer and banked in a difficult 2-footer. He even got a feed from Durant and finished a step in from the elbow, which could qualify as a jump shot.Kevin Durant reacts during the Nets’ loss to the Pacers.
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