ESPN “shocked” by Cade Cunningham and Pistons fall to Nets; tie NBA record with 26th straight loss

ESPN “shocked” by Cade Cunningham and Pistons fall to Nets; tie NBA record with 26th straight loss

Thanks Chris cam going into this game a lot of history was going to be made here tonight what was how much were you guys aware of that and what was the the approach and the mindset going into this one uh yeah it wasn’t really much of a focus but obviously everybody knows

What’s going on in the NBA it’s not it’s not a hidden secret so obviously you don’t want to be that team so we just want to come out be aggressive and try to get a win tonight talking about being aggressive you have a game where seven guys in double figures another night of

30 plus how are you guys able to be just be so connected yeah just uh running our plays being efficient executing real well and just trusting each other to make the right play because eventually the ball come back to you so just try to play the

Right way as much as we can and everything work out Jo said that he challenged you guys to be better when it comes to a back to back what can you take from this one as you guys have another back toback with these next two coming up yeah it’s good um just

Recovery recovery getting getting right um just knowing like what’s that state you know the NBA it’s part of it’s part of our job to play two games two games in a row so you know we got n one coming up in a few days so you know we just got

To do the same thing that we did today so just try to execute as much as we can and just stay focused and hopefully come out with a win that time too all right thanks so much Cam congratulations happy holidays thank you happy holidays all right Chris back to you thank you Megan

And it is a happy holidays here at Barkley Center because the Nets able to get a win Before Christmas well Jersey exchange after the game Jak Crowder a teammate of Cam Johnson and mcel bridges in Phoenix and Joe Harris to an excited fan right there is Joe [Applause]

H hi everybody with Julian vi brain I’m Nancy Newman thank you for joining us it is a final it is 126 to 115 and like we said one Trend would end tonight and it is the Nets five-game losing streak they are back in the win column and my

Goodness Detroit P the Detroit Pistons have tied the single season Mark for losses in a row with their 26th yeah I mean it really is remarkable it’s not something you see too often Nancy in the NBA a team that’s lost this many in a row but Bravo to the Brooklyn Nets for

Not allowing that to loom over them in this ball game they just took it one step at a time they played their game they didn’t allow that thought process to overwhelm them and I thought that the Nets really came out guns of Blazing they really took it to them from the

Very start they passed the ball well they had a lot of players in double figures and touching the basketball 30 plus assists tonight they didn’t allow that I think to make them play with caution and so that’s what I like to see I thought that the Brooklyn Nets came

Back to their winning ways back to the basics really and their identity which is always what Jack Bon is preaching to this team and you just see what they’re capable of and you didn’t see them in a sense go down to their level at times I did think they could have done better

With transition defense and different things but for the most part the Brooklyn Nets worked hard and they really proved it on the court tonight a good bounce back win for them there was really only one little lapse maybe halfway through that second quarter Detroit forced five Turners turnovers in

A row but the Nets just took back that Tempo and kept ited it you never thought for one second that the Nets were going to lose this one I think that was really important they kept it out of sight didn’t allow Detroit to get confident and to feel that that sense where hey

Maybe we can win this game they shot the ball pretty well actually tonight but just weren’t able to pull even within a close range to beat the Nets tonight let’s s into the highlights we’re going to go right to the second half they led by nine going into the third quarter

Knocks it down from three what a game he had to that’s end up pulling this one out pretty easy 121 106 at that point the final 126 to 115 Mel Bridges showing the way with 26 points 29 Points rather n of 17 from the field six rebounds seven assists so

Many ways we can go with this Julian the first thing I want to ask you about is something you touched on and I think it’s very important is the fact that we didn’t want to see any let down right they had started slow that had become a

Bit of a pattern that was worrisome last night they played a terrific game and today they kept their focus when at times they could have lost it right and I think that’s the key to a team that is growing in maturity is you want to see

Them continue to keep the focus and do the little things and I thought they did the little things well they rebounded the basketball they looked to push it they Outlet the ball a lot of players touched the ball you saw so many players seven players in double figures here

Tonight for the Brooklyn Nets but you’re right they never had a let down after last night I think last night’s game was a really good game for Brooklyn they they got a taste of the chance to beat the best team in the NBA and they could

Have done it it was Within Reach and so I think that was a confidence booster in a sense for them even though they took that loss but you sort of felt that that feeling coming back that confident feeling so to get the win today is just

An exclamation mark I think off of last night’s pretty good performance not not well enough to win but a pretty good performance and an excellent performance tonight so important exactly that because you played well enough to win last night tonight you actually do so you can taste that right that’s right uh

Mikel Bridges we’re going to focus in on him shine the spotlight on him led the way for Brooklyn 29 Points he had 13 in the first quarter loved to see a fast start and he kept it going yeah he was tremendous Nancy I mean he was all over

The floor it was good to see him finally get his rhythm back and for a shooter you just got to keep shooting he’s been in a little bit of a slump the last few games we have talked about it at nauseum because the team’s lost when he hasn’t

Played well but tonight he really took it upon his shoulders he was taking pull-up shots he was getting into the teeth of the defense nailing jumpers he was knocking down threes he was getting to the rim I just liked his aggressive nature right from the GetGo and I think

When he starts game strong it’s a good sign for him it gives him that confidence booster and once you see one go down two go down then boy it just catches fire as a shooter and you just continue it’s contagious so tremendous effort from him I think that’ll get him

Out of that little slump that he’s been and it and it’s a long season you’re going to see that happen to the finest players in the league so a great effort from him sixth game with 20 plus points five plus rebounds five plus assists and you know he’s an Iron Man 421

Consecutive G that’s unbelievable right and you know some people were talking about maybe he should take a break he should take a couple games off but no he really is Young he’s somebody that can play himself out of a slump I think it’s better actually to get yourself out of a

Slump by being on the floor and you saw it happen here tonight and he doesn’t just score you see all the different nuances of his game he gets people involved he is their leader on the floor they the the limelight’s on him this year I mean that’s just how it is I mean

Is he going to have the kind of Limelight of of nicolea yic no but he’s wanting to go in that direction and he doesn’t have other players like that around him he’s got to be that guy and I think he’s seeing that this year that

Hey if I don’t if I don’t do it every night if I’m not scoring 20 plus points a night we’re losing games so I think that he’s been able to see that maybe a good thing that he had a couple of bad games here but you sense that he’s

Coming out of that now well it was a team effort in so many ways we’re going to take a look at the assists in particular this is the the second straight game with 30 plus assists and in fact the Nets tied a season high with 32 assists tonight and that’s huge I

Mean that’s because their offense was so good but they were doing a lot of Wheeling and dealing drawing the defense and just making the extra pass and this is just doing the right stuff right here the fundamentals of the game you’re getting to the rim somebody else is open

Okay and then we saw those nice passes and we saw the good teamwork and and not any selfish one-on-one type of play this is what we like about the Brooklyn Nets when we see multiple players getting involved and then of course Dennis Smith Jr drawing the defense he does a lot of

Different things for them he’s another Creator I think this team has a lot of players that can create off the bounce and they really utilized that tonight and they annihilated the Pistons in the paint another team 62 points in the paint against Utah Utah also did that to

Them just a few nights ago I think it was around 62 64 points in the paint so you got to like the way that they got to the rim yes these are your key keys to the game uh like we said 32 assists I was pretty sure it set on that graphic

Which is which is tremendous they shot 52.3% from the floor which is also tied for third highest this season yeah they took advantage and that was important you don’t want to go down to the competition and you know the Pistons have not been good this year there’s been some franchise mistakes with what

They did this season clearly having a hard time getting a w they haven’t won since October 28th and you know you can easily come into a game like this and play down to the competition or get lulled to sleep and not play the way that you’re fully capable of playing and

The Nets were kind of in a in a tricky position too they didn’t want to be that team that handed the Pistons their first win in a long time and you know you don’t want to play with caution either so it was a trap game for the Brooklyn

Nets so I’m actually pretty proud of the guys for stepping up and not allowing that kind of to overshadow them and they played with a sense of urgency and they took care of business and that’s important in a professional manner I completely agree we’re going to take our

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ESPN “shocked” by Cade Cunningham and Pistons fall to Nets; tie NBA record with 26th straight loss