Kenny Atkinson wasn’t thrilled with the fact the Nets allowed the Phoenix Suns to score 138 points in Brooklyn’s loss on Sunday.
Despite the fact the Nets have identified their defensive struggles since the start of the season, they haven’t been able to get it together on that end of the floor through the first nine games. Communication has been a problem. Rotations have been sloppy, too.
On multiple occasions, the Nets offense has been able to make up for Brooklyn’s defensive deficiencies. But the offense wasn’t clicking on Sunday, so the Nets had next to no chance against the Suns.
Atkinson made clear after the game, “we’re not resilient enough to get stops.”
One thing we gotta do, when we’re not making shots like tonight, you gotta learn how to get stops when you’re not making shots. We’re missing and missing, and they’re coming at us. It’s tough when you’re missing all the time, but we have to be more resilient.