On the day after Thanksgiving, the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Boston Celtics in the second contest of a home-and-home in which the Celtics outlasted the Nets in the first encounter.
Friday, though, the Nets had their revenge. Led by a 32-point effort from Spencer Dinwiddie, Brooklyn managed to record a 112-107 win over the visiting Celtics, and they had plenty to thank for it. Especially Jarrett Allen. The young center recorded a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double and was instrumental in the Brooklyn win.
Over the course of the last eight games without Irving, the Nets have put together a stellar 6-2 record. Over those last eight games, Allen has put together some incredible efforts. He’s averaging 16 points and 12.5 rebounds on 74.6% shooting from the field.
As Brooklyn continues its great play in the absence of Irving and Caris LeVert, Allen shared his thoughts on the team’s success without two of its top guns with YES Network after Friday’s game.
It speaks a lot of volume. We’re playing together and then once they come back, we’re still gonna play good, we’re gonna be able to integrate them good into our system and keep going forward.
Allen has shown the ability to impact the game on both sides of the ball, and his defensive abilities have been on full display.
For me, I’m kinda the rim protector, but at the same time, I think I can do pretty decent going out and guarding guards, so really, my job is to just be the active everywhere.
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— YES Network (@YESNetwork) November 29, 2019
The Nets will host the Miami Heat on Sunday. Although they do not expect to have Kyrie Irving back in the lineup by then, he does appear to be on his way back. If Allen and Dinwiddie continue their strong play, things could be looking up for Brooklyn.