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Player grades: Mikal Bridges scores 23 as Nets beat Maccabi Ra’anana 135-103

Here are the player grades for the Brooklyn Nets’ preseason win over Maccabi Ra’anana on Thursday.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets played Israeli pro basketball team Maccabi Ra’anana at Barclays Center on Thursday for their second game of the preseason and won 135-103.

For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 23 points and three rebounds while Harry Giles III had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie had 15 points and Ben Simmons had six points, six rebounds, and nine assists.

For Maccabi Ra’anana, Quinndary Weatherspoon had 17 points and four assists while Dwayne Bacon had 17 points and five rebounds. Dakarai Tucker had 14 points and Jason Siggers had 12 points.

In the first half, Maccabi came to play as they exited the first quarter with a 39-34 lead. Maccabi has some NBA players that are looking for exposure in this game and it looks like all of them came ready to play and were raining threes. In the second quarter, the momentum of the game changed as Brooklyn tightened up its perimeter defense and started running the floor harder.

In the second half, Brooklyn continued to put the pressure on Maccabi to get back fast on the defensive end or they would risk giving up layup after layup. As both teams went deeper into their respective benches, the gap widened while Barclays Center got a good look at most of the players that will be taking the floor for Brooklyn in the regular season.

Here are the player grades for the Nets in Thursday’s game:

Nets’ Nic Claxton believes game against Maccabi Ra’anana shouldn’t be played

Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton said after Wednesday’s practice that Thursday’s game against Maccabi Ra’anana shouldn’t be played.

Despite being just 24 years old, Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton is wise beyond his years and that maturity has allowed him to become a better basketball player and a better man. Comments that he made on Wednesday further prove how far along he has come in his overall development.

According to Dan Martin of the New York Post, Claxton said after practice on Wednesday that Thursday’s preseason game between Brooklyn and Maccabi Ra’anana shouldn’t be played. Maccabi Ra’anana is a professional basketball team based in Israel, a country that is currently going through a war.

Despite everything going on in Israel right now, Maccabi Ra’anana still wants to play Thursday’s game per Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn. Claxton said that Brooklyn talked amongst themselves about if they wanted to play the game given the circumstances and in short, they were okay with not playing the game.

Here’s more of what Claxton had to say about the situation as written by Martin:

“We feel for the players that we’re playing against. I don’t know if we should be playing the game. Personally, I don’t feel that we should be playing the game. But, we feel for them and we’re gonna go out there and do our job. There [are] bigger things going on in the world than basketball.”

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Nets vs. Maccabi Ra’anana preseason: How to watch, TV channel, start time

Here is the preview of the Brooklyn Nets’ second game of the 2023 preseason against Maccabi Ra’anana of the Israeli National League.

The Brooklyn Nets will be playing their second game of the 2023 preseason on Thursday at Barclays Center against Maccabi Ra’anana of the Israeli National League and if you’re wondering how you can watch all the action live, you’ve come to the right place!

The Nets come into this game having lost their first game of the preseason on Monday against the Los Angeles Lakers. In the exhibition, Brooklyn gave Nets fans plenty of surprises by not only starting Ben Simmons and Spencer Dinwiddie together, but by also putting Cam Thomas into the starting lineup as well.

One of the takeaways from the contest was that Simmons looks to be healthier than he has been at any point during his tenure and Brooklyn. Another takeaway was that Thomas could be ready to take the next step in his career after scoring 26 points against the Lakers.

Here’s when and where you should tune in to see the matchup:

OKC Thunder player grades: Lu Dort returns from concussion protocol in preseason win over Maccabi Ra’anana

The Thunder played their final home preseason game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder were able to make easy work of the Israel National League’s Maccabi Ra’anana during Sunday’s preseason game, 144-97.

With the Thunder missing several of their best players, this was the perfect opportunity to give other players on the team some valuable game reps as a leading scorer or ball-handler.

This game also marked the return of Lu Dort, who was under concussion protocol for the last week. Dort only played one half as he finished with 23 points in 18 minutes.

For the opposition, Jason Siggers was the best player of the night as he scored a game-high 40 points. Former NBA players Norris Cole and Terrence Jones also played in this game.

Here are player grades for the Thunder’s 47-win over Maccabi Ra’anana