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DeAndre Jordan grabs career rebound No. 9,000

DeAndre Jordan reached a major rebounding milestone in the Brooklyn Nets’ matchup with the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.

Throughout the course of his NBA career, DeAndre Jordan has developed into one of the league’s premier rebounders. Since 2013-14, Jordan’s rebounds per game average has been in the double-digits. He’s even averaged 10.5 boards per game throughout his first 10 contests in a Nets uniform, despite the fact he only averaged 22 minutes per game during the stretch.

On Saturday, while playing the Chicago Bulls, Jordan reached a major milestone in the rebounds category. With his fifth rebound on the night, Jordan reached the 9,000 rebounds mark.

Jordan is one of four active players with at least 9,000 rebounds. The others are Pau Gasol (11,305), Tyson Chandler (10,436) and Dwight Howard (9,579). (All totals entering play on Saturday.)

Jordan still ranks No. 52 all-time in total rebounds. Elton Brand is No. 51 with 9,040 and Johnny Green — a forward for the New York Knicks who started his career in 1959-60 — is No. 50 with 9,083.

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Garrett Temple had to get stitches mid-game against Nuggets

Garrett Temple took a hit from Garry Harris on Thursday that called for the Nets wing to receive extensive treatment mid-game.

Chemistry and efficiency aren’t the Brooklyn Nets’ only problems anymore. The injury bug seems to be attacking the team each passing day.

Caris LeVert is out for four to six weeks as a result of the surgery he received to repair ligament damage in his right thumb. The Nets also started this five-game road trip without DeAndre Jordan because of a sprained ankle.

Kyrie Irving was dealing with something prior to Thursday’s game in Denver. He was questionable on Wednesday with a shoulder impingement, though he wound up playing in the tough loss to the Nuggets.

Then, in the middle of the game against Denver, the Nets almost lost Garrett Temple, who was inserted into the starting lineup with LeVert out.

In the third quarter, Temple took an elbow to the chin from Gary Harris. The flagrant foul led to a locker room trip for Temple — and stitches in his chin. Temple would return, but he and the rest of the Nets couldn’t prevent the Nuggets’ comeback, losing 101-93.

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Nets struggle in second half vs. Jazz, now 1-2 on road trip

Kyrie Irving had a rough shooting night for the Brooklyn Nets in the loss to the Utah Jazz.

The Brooklyn Nets performed far better in the first quarter of Tuesday’s game than they have of late. They proceeded to build on their strong start by carrying a 68-53 lead into halftime.

The Utah Jazz proceeded to flip the script and handed Brooklyn it’s second loss of the five-game road trip with a 119-114 finish.

Previously, Kenny Atkinson discussed how the Nets struggle to get stops, especially early in games or when they’re also struggling on offense. The latter was the problem in the second half.

After a rough third quarter, things got worse for the Nets in the fourth quarter — yet they still had a chance at the end. They simply couldn’t get it done offensively.

Kyrie Irving took 30 shots. He only made 10 of them. Twelve of his attempts were from beyond the arc. He only made two of those. Not at all a good shooting night for Brooklyn’s point guard, despite the fact he finished up with 27 points.

Garrett Temple got the start in place of the injured Caris LeVert and finished in double figures (10), as did fellow starters Joe Harris (11) and Taurean Prince (15). Spencer Dinwiddie (21) and DeAndre Jordan (15) also finished in double figures.

Jordan (6-for-8 shooting) and Prince (6-for-9, 3-for-5 from three) were the Nets’ most efficient shooters in the loss.

Jordan also grabbed 17 rebounds while logging two blocks and two steals. Irving and Jarrett Allen each had two blocks, as well.

Another notable stat: Harris had a -22 plus-minus. He and Allen (-14) were the only two Nets with a negative, double-digit plus-minus.

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WATCH: DeAndre Jordan finishes savage alley-oop in Utah

With the help of Spencer Dinwiddie, DeAndre Jordan posterized Tony Bradley in Utah.

The Nets and Jazz had a big battle in Utah on Tuesday, and it didn’t work out well for Brooklyn in the 119-114 finish. Among those who performed well was Brooklyn center DeAndre Jordan, who came off the bench for Jarrett Allen.

Although Allen had one of the more impressive plays of the game, blocking Rudy Gobert — giving the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year a taste of his own medicine — he made some mistakes throughout and dealt with foul trouble again, fouling out with 5:58 left in the game. This presented Jordan with more opportunities, and the veteran big man took advantage, logging a double-double.

For all of the important plays Jordan made, the one which garners the most attention is the one few can make — the alley-opp from Spencer Dinwiddie that Jordan threw down over Jazz center Tony Bradley. This alley-oop did have more flair than the typical throwdown — it’s not every day someone hurdles and NBA player.

DeAndre Jordan: Nets need to ‘pay attention to the gameplan’

DeAndre Jordan explained some of the reasons the Brooklyn Nets’ have struggled on the defensive end.

A lot went wrong for the Brooklyn Nets in Sunday’s 138-112 loss to the Phoenix Suns. Specifically, the defense was an issue — which shouldn’t come as a surprise given how many points the Suns posted.

Defense has been far from Brooklyn’s strong suit to start the 2019-20 season. Though, each night there seems to be some different wrong with the defense.

After the loss, DeAndre Jordan explained to reporters in Phoenix the issues he’s seeing:

Defensively, we gotta be better. We have to come with a defensive mindset, with physicality. We gotta pay attention to the gameplan.

Although Jordan stated, “We gotta pay attention to the gameplan,” fairly casually, this comment is a bit alarming. If the Nets aren’t listening to Kenny Atkinson before the opening tip, Brooklyn has another problem on its hands.

Jordan also added:

Teams are gonna come and jump on you early. That’s just the way the league goes at times. You can play great defense and teams are still gonna hit tough shots. Your defense may break down at the end, but we gotta be able to sustain that for 24 seconds, and then get a rebound at the end. We did it in spurts, but the great teams do it throughout.