Jarrett Allen had an odd line at the end of Brooklyn’s 117-92 Game 3 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Friday. The Nets big man ripped down a whopping 17 boards, five on the offensive glass, but somehow only managed to score four points.
What’s more stunning is Allen didn’t register a field goal attempt. He scored all of his Game 3 points at the free-throw line (4-for-4).
“We were definitely trying to keep him involved,” interim Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn told reporters over a Zoom call on Friday. “We didn’t get him the ball in the half [court]. Gasol’s minutes matching up with his was probably an emphasis of that. But, overall, not part of our game plan to not get the ball to him.”
While Allen’s lack of offense was head-scratching, his work on the boards was as good as it gets.
Game 3 marked the second time in as many nights that Allen finished with 15-plus rebounds. (He had 15 in Game 2.)
By reaching the mark again on Friday, Allen became the fourth Nets player to ever grab 15 or more boards in back-to-back games. Derrick Coleman (1994) and Kenyon Martin (2004) each grabbed 15-plus in consecutive games, and Buck Williams grabbed 15-plus in five games in a row in 1984.