With the NBA going on hiatus — which NBA commissioner Adam Silver set as at least 30 days on Thursday — and New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, placing a ban on gatherings of more than 500 people for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, no Brooklyn Nets games will be played for the time being.
For the Nets, as much as any team, this comes at an odd time — Brooklyn was battling the Orlando Magic for the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference standings. At the stoppage of play, the Nets had a half-game advantage over the Magic.
Since there aren’t any games, each day Nets Wire will highlight major individual performances and key developments throughout Nets history:
Nets fans don’t have to look far back in the franchise’s history to find an impressive performance that took place on March 19. Just last season, D’Angelo Russell went off for 44 points to help lead Brooklyn to a 123-121 win over the Sacramento Kings, after the Nets fell behind by 28 points.
Brooklyn scored 45 points in the final quarter, 27 of which D-Lo was responsible for. Ten of his 17 made field goals came in the fourth, four of which were from beyond the arc. Russell also had four of his 12 assists in the last quarter, as well as two of his four steals.
As for the game-winning shot, that fell on Rondae Hollis-Jefferson’ shoulders.
Hollis-Jefferson scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter — leaving room for Jared Dudley to pitch in the remaining six of the Nets’ 45 total fourth quarter points.
Jarrett Allen scored 13 points for the Nets and Spencer Dinwiddie chipped in 10 off the bench.