NBA
Regular Season Round 160: Toronto R. - Brooklyn N. 93-87
Date: April 14, 2013
Deron Williams crumpled up his stat sheet and threw it away in disgust. A loss to the lottery-bound Toronto Raptors meant his Nets had lost their chance at earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference. DeMar DeRozan scored 36 points, Rudy Gay had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the Raptors won their third straight game, never trailing in a 93-87 victory over the Nets on Sunday. The Nets are still going to the playoffs, but could have closed to within one game of Indiana after the Pacers lost, 90-80, to the Knicks. Disappointing, Deron? “You said it,” he replied. The Nets can still tie Indiana, but the Pacers would win the tiebreaker because they’re guaranteed to win the Central Division. The Nets are assured of second place in the Atlantic. “We don’t know whether we’re playing Chicago or Atlanta but there’s finality for the fourth spot,” Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo said. “That’s a good thing going forward.” Carlesimo, who acknowledged keeping tabs on the Pacers as the game in Toronto wound down, said his staff will have “serious conversations” about resting players for the final two games of the season. The Nets are home to Washington tonight and host Detroit in Wednesday’s finale. “We don’t need to get anybody hurt,” Carlesimo said. “We’re not playing for anything. Going forward now we’ve certainly got to rest some people.” Williams is among those who could use some down time before the playoffs begin. “I got kneed twice today in two different spots,” he said. “We’ll see how it goes [tonight].” Amir Johnson had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who hadn’t won three straight since a five-game winning streak from Feb. 8 to 19. “Obviously it means nothing for the standings or our record next year,” Gay said. “It’s just the mentality that we’re trying to start having, not giving up, working hard. This is a jump-start for next year.” DeRozan scored 14 in the fourth quarter and finished 9-for-9 at the free throw line, converting a vital pair in the final 15 seconds. He finished one point shy of his career high, set last Nov. 12 against Utah. Carlesimo, a Raptors assistant in the 2010-11 season, said DeRozan has come a long way in two years. “I really think he went from good, promising young player to a very solid guard,” Carlesimo said. Williams scored 30 points, Brook Lopez had 16 and Andray Blatche 15 for the Nets, whose four-game winning streak was snapped. The Nets trailed, 70-59, to begin the fourth, but a jump shot by Joe Johnson cut the gap to 74-70 with 6:08 left. DeRozan answered with a three-point play, giving Toronto a 77-70 lead. Williams made a pair of free throws and Blatche hit one of two at the line, cutting it to 77-75, but Gay stole an errant pass by Williams and completed a three-point play, putting Toronto up 80-75 with 4:42 to go. Raptors guard Kyle Lowry made one of two from the line after a clear path foul and Gay hit a pull-up jumper on the following possession, making it 83-75 with 3:37 left and forcing the Nets to call a timeout. Lopez hit a free throw and Williams followed with a jumper, but DeRozan made a three from the wing with 2:42 remaining, giving the Raptors an 86-78 lead. Williams forced a steal and made a three, cutting it to 86-82 with 1:39 on the clock, but DeRozan answered with a pair of free throws. Joe Johnson’s three with 24 seconds left trimmed the deficit to 91-87 and Lowry missed two free throws. Johnson tried another trey but missed the rim, and DeRozan sealed it with two free throws. Courtesy of: northjersey.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 160: Toronto R. - Brooklyn N. 93-87
Date: April 14, 2013
Deron Williams crumpled up his stat sheet and threw it away in disgust. A loss to the lottery-bound Toronto Raptors meant his Nets had lost their chance at earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference. DeMar DeRozan scored 36 points, Rudy Gay had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the Raptors won their third straight game, never trailing in a 93-87 victory over the Nets on Sunday. The Nets are still going to the playoffs, but could have closed to within one game of Indiana after the Pacers lost, 90-80, to the Knicks. Disappointing, Deron? “You said it,” he replied. The Nets can still tie Indiana, but the Pacers would win the tiebreaker because they’re guaranteed to win the Central Division. The Nets are assured of second place in the Atlantic. “We don’t know whether we’re playing Chicago or Atlanta but there’s finality for the fourth spot,” Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo said. “That’s a good thing going forward.” Carlesimo, who acknowledged keeping tabs on the Pacers as the game in Toronto wound down, said his staff will have “serious conversations” about resting players for the final two games of the season. The Nets are home to Washington tonight and host Detroit in Wednesday’s finale. “We don’t need to get anybody hurt,” Carlesimo said. “We’re not playing for anything. Going forward now we’ve certainly got to rest some people.” Williams is among those who could use some down time before the playoffs begin. “I got kneed twice today in two different spots,” he said. “We’ll see how it goes [tonight].” Amir Johnson had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who hadn’t won three straight since a five-game winning streak from Feb. 8 to 19. “Obviously it means nothing for the standings or our record next year,” Gay said. “It’s just the mentality that we’re trying to start having, not giving up, working hard. This is a jump-start for next year.” DeRozan scored 14 in the fourth quarter and finished 9-for-9 at the free throw line, converting a vital pair in the final 15 seconds. He finished one point shy of his career high, set last Nov. 12 against Utah. Carlesimo, a Raptors assistant in the 2010-11 season, said DeRozan has come a long way in two years. “I really think he went from good, promising young player to a very solid guard,” Carlesimo said. Williams scored 30 points, Brook Lopez had 16 and Andray Blatche 15 for the Nets, whose four-game winning streak was snapped. The Nets trailed, 70-59, to begin the fourth, but a jump shot by Joe Johnson cut the gap to 74-70 with 6:08 left. DeRozan answered with a three-point play, giving Toronto a 77-70 lead. Williams made a pair of free throws and Blatche hit one of two at the line, cutting it to 77-75, but Gay stole an errant pass by Williams and completed a three-point play, putting Toronto up 80-75 with 4:42 to go. Raptors guard Kyle Lowry made one of two from the line after a clear path foul and Gay hit a pull-up jumper on the following possession, making it 83-75 with 3:37 left and forcing the Nets to call a timeout. Lopez hit a free throw and Williams followed with a jumper, but DeRozan made a three from the wing with 2:42 remaining, giving the Raptors an 86-78 lead. Williams forced a steal and made a three, cutting it to 86-82 with 1:39 on the clock, but DeRozan answered with a pair of free throws. Joe Johnson’s three with 24 seconds left trimmed the deficit to 91-87 and Lowry missed two free throws. Johnson tried another trey but missed the rim, and DeRozan sealed it with two free throws. Courtesy of: northjersey.com
 BROOKLYN N. (coach: Jordi Fernandez)87 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 2 | WallaiBs, gRQIj | 47 | 9-65 (95%) | 3-65 (35%) | 3-0 (25%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 83 | 5 |
| 9 | zIhjsIj, zIR | 40 | 8-9 (82.1%) | 8-7 (88.8%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 5 |
| 45 | qLijs, eRDDaR | 45 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 64 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 5 |
| 66 | vIpRJ, mQIIV | 89 | 9-67 (41.2%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-1 (44.4%) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | mliUZhR, SjdQiF | 81 | 1-7 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-1 (05%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 62 | 5 |
| 65 | mIDijs, KRaUh | 80 | 5-5 (5%) | 8-9 (82.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | WiUsIj, C.z. | 88 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-4 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 38 | AUiZVhIusR, zRQQF | 85 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 34 | HuBphQaRs, KQas | 68 | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | mQIIVs, biQshIj | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| wiFlIQ, wFshiTj | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| zIsRph, KQas | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| 44 | wRlRUILaZ, baQJi | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 81-03 (32.8%) | 2-45 (81.9%) | 66-67 (09.7%) | 65 | 82 | 42 | 84 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 91 | |||
 TORONTO R. (coach: Darko Rajakovic)93 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 65 | gReIJij, gRBiQ | 38 | 7-62 (05%) | 4-3 (90%) | 7-7 (655%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 82 | 5 |
| GiF, eudF | 38 | 9-64 (04.2%) | 4-1 (05%) | 4-3 (90%) | 8 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 81 | 82 | 5 | |
| 60 | zIhjsIj, SBaQ | 47 | 0-68 (36.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 9 | 5 |
| 4 | vITQF, KFlR | 49 | 8-9 (82.1%) | 5-4 (5%) | 4-2 (49.0%) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| 43 | GQiF, SiQIj | 43 | 8-3 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| SZF, ruajZF | 84 | 8-3 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1 | SjdRQsIj, Slij | 68 | 8-0 (35%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 0 | vuZis, zIhj | 66 | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 66 | KlRaJi, vajis | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| OaRUQus, baZViRl | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| wRlfiaQ, ARMisUaij | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | yaRlds, vijdQF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 46 | eIss, wRQQRjZR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 45-19 (33.2%) | 1-60 (35.5%) | 60-86 (96.3%) | 65 | 42 | 32 | 67 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 68 | 74 | 28 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
