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Hot Start

Posted on December 3, 2014 at 10:35 AM.

I hadn't planned on an update this early but after playing the first four games i was pleasantly surprised by the results we had shown.

We had opened the season on a 3-0 record. With wins over Boston, Detroit & blowout over an injury depleted Oklahoma. Next up on the schedule we had the Timberwolves coming into Brooklyn. Also sporting their own 3-0 record.

Minnesota Timberwolves at New Jersey Nets
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Minnesota (3-0)	18	21	24	26	89
New Jersey (3-0)	25	23	26	20	94

Minnesota Timberwolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Deron Williams	38	10-23	3-5	5-6	3	11	2	0	4	28
Joe Johnson	8	0-2	0-0	2-2	1	3	1	0	0	2
Alan Anderson	32	4-8	1-3	1-2	6	4	0	0	0	10
Kevin Garnett	25	5-9	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	1	10
Brook Lopez	31	7-13	0-0	3-4	11	1	0	0	0	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Bojan Bogdanovic	30	3-10	3-6	2-2	4	0	0	1	0	11
Jarrett Jack	26	4-4	0-0	0-0	1	5	1	0	3	8
Mirza Teletovic	22	2-6	0-2	0-0	7	0	0	0	0	4
Mason Plumlee	21	2-4	0-0	0-0	9	0	0	1	0	4
Markel Brown	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		41/94	4/14	3/7	48	22	8	2	7	89

New Jersey Nets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mo Williams	41	8-22	1-3	0-0	7	11	1	1	3	17
Corey Brewer	36	6-14	0-4	1-2	4	6	0	0	0	13
Andrew Wiggins	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Thaddeus Young	32	5-13	0-2	0-0	3	0	2	1	0	10
Nikola Pekovic	31	8-13	0-0	1-1	13	0	2	0	0	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Anthony Bennet	22	4-6	2-2	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	10
Shabazz Muhammad	16	4-12	0-2	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	8
Chase Budinger	14	3-3	1-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	7
Zach LaVine	16	2-6	0-0	0-2	1	1	1	0	2	4
Gorgui Dieng	14	1-3	0-0	1-2	6	1	0	0	0	3
Ronny Turiaf	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		37/80	7/18	13/16	50	24	4	3	10	94

Game Analysis

We started out strong once again with Deron Williams making his prescence felt. Almost returning to his All Star form, hoping he can maintain this level of play. In a huge blow we lost Joe Johnson towards the end of the first quarter. With a team already struggling with depth this will be a huge blow. While Alan Anderson has played well so far he will have to give more on the offensive end. We really struggled to find a line up that could keep us strong without depleting bench options at the same time. It becomes very easy to become a shooting team once the bench players roll out with has been effective so far but it certainly isn't an attribute of a playoff team.

The Good
- Deron Williams continuing his hot start currently averaging 24.8ppg & 8apg on 36mpg

- Lopez slowly finding his feet back under the basket giving us an early option

- Jarrett Jack once again bringing it strong as our 6th man averaging 9.5ppg & 6apg on 24mpg also shooting 58% from the floor

The Bad
- We allowed a back up point guard in Mo Williams a double double.

- Still struggling to maintain a prescence when the starters sit.

- Continuing to allow teams back into games in the 4th quarters

The Ugly
- Joe Johnson tears his Achilles Tendon 9 minutes into the game. Resulting in a 2-4 month abscence.