The Smoking Hot Brooklyn Nets Is A SERIOUS THREAT & Proving All Doubters Wrong.. | Word Around World
56Prior to leading his team to its ninth straight win -- a 125-117 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night -- Brooklyn Nets coach Jacque Vaughn acknowledged what he thought was the key to his team's recent hot play.
"Basketball," Vaughn said before the game. "We have not steered away from today is today. The most important part of today is we're trying to win this ballgame. When we step into the gym every single day it's about basketball. How we're going to take care of each other on the floor, cover for each other on the floor, it's about basketball."
It was a difference noticeable to many across the league who have watched the talented group go from an up-and-down emotional roller coaster to the hottest team in the NBA -- one that tied the league's longest winning streak after Monday night's performance.
"From the outside looking in," Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said before the game, "it appears basketball is the main thing."
That didn't appear to always be the case for the Nets. After getting off to a rocky start on the court, Kyrie Irving came under fire after he shared a social media post promoting a movie containing antisemitic ideas and was subsequently suspended for eight games. Steve Nash was out as head coach soon after.
Vaughn says he has helped get the team back on track by keeping things simple.
"I am a simple person," Vaughn said after Monday's game. "And really try to keep things simple. And so really stressed what was going to be beneficial for our team. And whether that was the amount of time we spent in shootarounds, the amount of time we shaved [off] and kept our guys fresh, in order to give an extreme amount of effort when we play. And that was kind of the goal, we created a little momentum that way.
"We stripped our playbook down a little bit, we are simple in what we do ... have our guys play extremely free of mind. I think there's something important in that if you're going to ask your guys to play hard."
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