Nets Are Scorching

For the past couple of games the Nets have been pretty competitive.  Now that is great and all, but the Nets seem to abandon everything they do correctly in the first three quarters, and just fall apart in the 4th quarter.  In the past 4 games, the Nets have been out scored by a total of 14 points.  Surprisingly, it the Nets’ defense isn’t the culprit.  The most points that the Nets have given up in the fourth is 26 points.  However, the offense has been able to only match their opponents efforts, or under-perform, not scoring enough to get/hold the lead.  So what are the Nets doing wrong?  Well, it is a combination of things, and to examine it, we are going to look at the 4th quarter of last Tuesday’s Nets-Pistons game.

While we are only looking at one game, rest assured that this has happened in each fourth quarter of the past 5 or 6 games.  This has been something that has been hurting the Nets for a little bit now.

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Something we didn’t get to yesterday (apologies, that’s what happens when you move from one end of New York City to the other), but Dave D’Alessandro and a few others are reporting that Del Harris left his spot as assistant to Kiki because Rod Thorn bluntly told the veteran coach he would not be considered for the head spot.

Well CDR might have to hold off from the idea of being reunited with his “Memphis People”:  “We’re not looking to trade Chris,” Thorn said. “He’s more guard than forward but through circumstance, has played forward and still had very good moments. I can understand why [teams] like him. He has talent and a small salary.”