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What Wilson Chandler’s Nets teammates expect from him

Jarrett Allen, Joe Harris and several of Wilson Chandler’s other Brooklyn Nets teammates spoke about the forward leading up to his return.

The Philadelphia 76ers are going to see someone take the floor for the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday that no one else has seen this season: Wilson Chandler.

Well, no one besides Chandler’s new teammates.

Although the forward has been sidelined while serving his 25-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, Kenny Atkinson and company have involved the veteran every step of the way this season — within the guidelines of the rules of the NBA’s suspension.

But now it’s finally time for Chandler to take the floor in a real game alongside his Nets teammates — who think very highly of him.

Here’s what four of them had to say about the forward:

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Nets lose 110-102 to Pascal Siakam, Raptors

The Brooklyn Nets were unable to finish off their big battle north of the border against the reigning NBA champs.

The Brooklyn Nets had their first shot at the 2019 NBA champion Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Unfortunately for Spencer Dinwiddie and company, Pascal Siakam and his teammates proved to be too much, as the Raptors won 110-102.

Siakam scored a game-high 30 points for the Raptors, with 25 coming in the first half. Brooklyn held him to two baskets on 12 attempts in the second half, but Serge Ibaka scored 10 points between the final two quarters and Norman Powell had 16.

For the Nets, four of the five starters finished with 10 or more points. The one outlier was Jarrett Allen, though he grabbed 10 rebounds, thus extending his streak of games with 10 or more rebounds to 10.

Dinwiddie led the charge with 24 points. He has scored 20 or more points in 12 of the 14 contests in which Kyrie Irving has been absent. He also logged eight assists in the loss

Garrett Temple finished with 16 points, Taurean Prince had 14 and Joe Harris scored 13.

Harris’s lone made 3-pointer (on six attempts) was the 486th of his Nets career. He surpassed Deron Williams on the franchise’s all-time 3-pointers made list.

Prince also had 10 rebounds, logging his fifth double-double of the season in the process. He only had five double-doubles between his last two seasons combined.

David Nwaba had another strong offensive showing off the bench. He scored 10 on 4 of 8 shooting (2-for-4 from three).

DeAndre Jordan led the Nets with 13 rebounds. Rodions Kurucs saw a surge in minutes (17:57) and finished with seven rebounds.

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Jarrett Allen accomplished something no Net has since 2012-13

Jarrett Allen had another strong rebounding performance for the Brooklyn Nets against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday.

Jarrett Allen has been an absolute machine on the glass for the Brooklyn Nets all season. He entered Saturday’s game averaging 10.5 boards per game, placing him at No. 11 in rebounds per game in the NBA, seventh overall in the Eastern Conference.

In each of the nine games prior to Saturday’s matchup with the Toronto Raptors, Allen grabbed 10 or more rebounds — a career-best streak for 10-plus-rebound games.

Allen extended the streak to 10 games before the start of the fourth quarter on Saturday. The Fro’s streak is the longest streak by a Net since Reggie Evans’ streak in the 2012-13 season. The former Nets power forward logged 10-plus rebounds in 18 consecutive games that season.

Last season, Allen averaged 8.4 rebounds per game. In his rookie season, he grabbed 5.4 a night.

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Which Nets will be challenged most in back-to-back vs. Raptors, Sixers

The Nets have two difficult games ahead of them on Saturday and Sunday. Several players on Brooklyn’s roster will face major challenges.

Part of the reason it was important for the Nets to win each of their two recent games against the Charlotte Hornet was Brooklyn has a challenging back-to-back in front of them.

Saturday, they’re on the road against the Toronto Raptors. Then they head back to Barclays Center to face the Philadelphia 76ers. Two teams toward the top of the Eastern Conference.

Now, both teams have some impressive guards in Kyle Lowry (Raptors) and Ben Simmons (Sixers), so Spencer Dinwiddie and Garrett Temple will be busy. But their best players are bigs.

Toronto has Pascal Siakam. Philadelphia has Joel Embiid — who just torched the Boston Celtics.

Now, the Raptors also have Marc Gasol and Philly has Al Horford — assuming he’s healthy by Sunday. Both create problems — different ones from one another — but Siakam and Embiid set the tone for their respective teams.

Either way, four Nets are going to be very busy for the next two games: Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, DeAndre Jordan and Wilson Chandler.

Now, Chandler won’t be available until Sunday. He’ll have to help with Horford and keep track of him along the perimeter whenever he spells Prince. The forward will get the chance to prove his worth right away.

Though, Prince has to worry about Saturday’s game first. Siakam improved immensely in 2018-19, and he’s better this year if you can believe it. This is a big test for Prince, and he’ll need some help from Brooklyn’s two centers.

For Allen and Jordan, Embiid will be a tough matchup, of course. He’s the game’s best center.

And Sunday’s game could be one where Jordan starts. As much as Embiid can shoot the three a bit, teams are willing to give up the long ball. They’d rather put up a fight in the paint.

Either way, Allen’s strength will be challenged — big time. Even if he struggles, a matchup with Embiid should give the young center a greater understanding of how he needs to further his game in order to continue his ascension as one of the NBA’s better centers.

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Jarrett Allen: Loss to Hornets ‘a wake-up call’

Jarrett Allen feels Brooklyn’s loss to the Hornets could help the Nets with their approach to the Raptors and Sixers.

Wednesday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets was both disappointing for the Brooklyn Nets, yet understandable, as well.

Now, the Nets led by as much as 20 and the Hornets are not exactly one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. So, in that sense, Brooklyn absolutely should’ve won.

On the other hand, this is the third time the Nets and Hornets have played each other, and it’s only Week 8 of the 2019-20 season. The last time they played one another, prior to Wednesday, was Friday (12/6). In each of the first two meetings, Brooklyn won. And everyone knows the old cliche, “it’s hard to beat a team three times.”

Ultimately, it was a game the Nets were very much in control of and they let it slip away.

Now Brooklyn has a challenging road-home back-to-back coming up on Saturday and Sunday. First, the Nets visit the Raptors, then they host the Sixers.

But a loss like Wednesday’s could, in a way, jumpstart Brooklyn. Because, as Jarrett Allen pointed out to reporters on Wednesday, the loss was unacceptable:

Ya know, it’s a wake-up call. After we lose a game like this — ya know, credit to them still, but once we lose a game like this, we’re going to prepare extra hard for the next game. Ya know, look at our mistakes and improve on them.

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Nets’ big lead slips away, lose to Hornets by five

The Brooklyn Nets lost a very winnable game to the Charlotte Hornets. At one point, Brooklyn led by 20.

The Brooklyn Nets held a sizeable lead over the Charlotte Hornets for much of the night on Wednesday — leading by as much as 20 at one point — but could not finish the job. Charlotte outscored the Nets 60-44 in the second half and went on to win 113-108.

A large part of what led to the Hornets’ comeback was the play of Charlotte guard Devonte’ Graham. In his 37 minutes of action, Graham scored 40 points on 12 of 21 shooting (7 of 12 from deep). He also had five rebounds and five assists.

What also hurt the Nets was Joe Haris (1-for-8), Garrett Temple (1-for-5), Taurean Prince (1-for-5) and Spencer Dinwiddie’s (2-for-9) struggles from three. As a team, Brooklyn shot 26.3% from deep. Overall, Prince went 2-for-12 from the field.

Dinwiddie still led the Nets in scoring with 24 points, finishing 8-for-16 from the floor (5-for-7 from two). He also had six assists.

Jarrett Allen scored 21 on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting. He also had 10 rebounds, logging another double-double.

Brooklyn’s bench offered a healthy amount of scoring, finishing with 37 points between the five reserves who played. Theo Pinson scored 12 on 5-for-9 shooting (2-for-4 from three).

DeAndre Jordan finished one point shy of a double-double, grabbing with 14 boards in his 22 minutes of action.

Nets outlast Nuggets in 105-102 finish

Spencer Dinwiddie and Jarrett Allen were lights out in Brooklyn’s win over the Nuggets on Sunday.

Not only did Brooklyn knock off one of the top teams in the Western Conference on Sunday, the Nets were also tested every step of the way in their 105-102 win over the Denver Nuggets.

Taurean Prince has a low-scoring night, but he helped chip in for the Nets when they needed it most, scoring seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored four of Brooklyn’s final eight points of the game — his final basket being the game-winner. The point guard led Brooklyn throughout the night, scoring 24 points on an efficient 10-for-17 shooting. He also dished out a team-high eight assists and grabbed four rebounds.

Another game, another double-double for Jarrett Allen. This time he scored 19 and grabbed 11 boards.

Garrett Temple scored 15 points and Joe Harris finished with 13.

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Spencer Dinwiddie among Nets to receive 2K20 ratings bump, Garrett Temple takes a hit

The people at NBA 2K have been impressed with Jarrett Allen’s play of late, but feel DeAndre Jordan hasn’t lived up to his previous rating.

It’s not exactly a secret Spencer Dinwiddie has been dominant for the Brooklyn Nets over the last couple of weeks. Since Kyrie Irving was sidelined with a right shoulder impingement, He’s been Brooklyn’s top scorer and is now one of 28 players in the NBA averaging at least 20 points per game.

As a result, Dinwiddie was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for Week 5 and was a nominee for Week and for November’s Eastern Conference Player of the Month. But the recognition doesn’t end there for Dinwiddie.

The latest NBA 2K20 ratings updates have been released, and Dinwiddie was among those who received a bump. Dinwiddie started the year with an overall rating of 80 and is now an 83.

Jarrett Allen was also bumped up to an 81 and Joe Harris is now a 78.

But not everyone received a bump in the latest update. Some have lived up to and maintained their current rating. Then there are who haven’t.

Apparently, the people at 2K feel five Nets have been slight disappointments. DeAndre Jordan (81), Taurean Prince: (76), Rodions Kurucs (74), Garrett Temple (73) and Iman Shumpert (72) each saw their individual ratings drop by a point.

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Jarrett Allen doesn’t know if he’s ready for ‘New Lob City’ title

It seems DeAndre Jordan has found himself a new “Lob City” in Brooklyn.

If there’s one thing Brooklyn Nets fans are guaranteed to see on a game-to-game basis it’s a Spencer Dinwiddie lob to DeAndre Jordan or Jarrett Allen.

Now, that may be underselling it a bit. Because Dinwiddie usually throws up lobs like he’s playing an older version of NBA 2K — back when finishing at the rim with a dunk was automatic.

But why wouldn’t he use his teammates’ size and athleticism to their advantage? Dinwiddie’s approach has largely been effective for the Nets so far.

Of course, the alley-oop finishes lead to tons of social media hype. But the phenomenon has taken another step.

A few years back, Jordan was part of the Lob City Clippers, when he and Blake Griffin were constantly fed by Chris Paul.

Now that Jordan is in Brooklyn, has a new dunking partner and facilitator, the social media world is ready to call Brooklyn “New Lob City.”

After Friday’s win, Allen offered his thoughts on the new title:

We both wanna play. We both like dunking the ball. I already saw on Twitter, what, ‘New Lob City’? I don’t know if I’m at the Blake Griffin level, but we both wanna be out there and play our hardest.

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Nets overcome early deficit, defeat Hornets 111-104

Three members of the Brooklyn Nets logged double-doubles in Friday’s win over the Charlotte Hornets.

It took a little while for the Brooklyn Nets to gain an edge, but they were able to sneak past the Charlotte Hornets on Friday with a 111-104 win.

Jarrett Allen had himself another double-double — his seventh in a row — but, this time, he was not the only Net to do so.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 13 points — marking only the second time he’s scored less than 20 since Kyrie Irving was sidelined by a right shoulder impingement — and logged a season-high 12 assists.

As a whole, the Nets distributed the ball well. Taurean Prince and Joe Harris had five assists apiece, Garrett Temple finished with four and DeAndre Jordan, Dzanan Musa and Iman Shumpert each had three.

Jordan had himself a double-double, too. He grabbed 13 rebounds and scored a season-high 16 points.

Both Jordan and Allen blocked a pair of shots.

Harris drilled a season-high six 3-pointers on eight attempts. He led the Nets with 22 points.

Prince was efficient in his 16-point performance. He went 6-for-9 from the floor, 2-for-4 from deep.

David Nwaba continues to provide a spark off the bench on both offense and defense. In 16 minutes of action, he scored a season-high 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting (2-for-3 from long-range).