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Results for tag: John Loyer
Posted by:
Al Iannazzone
on Mar 22, 2010 at 11:21:24 PM
The Nets don’t want to say it’s a talent issue, because they think they have enough to win games. They think it’s a mental thing. When a team makes a run or when the Nets’ offense struggles, they have that 'here-we-go-again' moment, and it dooms them. It happened -– when else? -– in the third quarter against the Miami Heat. A 14-point third quarter helped lead to the Nets’ 63rd loss, a 99-89 defeat that spoiled the NBA head coaching debut of John Loyer. It wouldn’t have gone on Loyer’s record, who was the acting coach while interim Kiki Vandeweghe was in California with his ill mother. But it would have been an achievement for him and the Nets. “Pretty much the same thing,” Brook Lopez said. “A 14-point third quarter, ...
Posted by:
Al Iannazzone
on Nov 30, 2009 at 12:10:22 AM
Early in the day, the Nets made hard-working head coach Lawrence Frank the fall guy for their struggles this injury-plagued season. Then the Nets were absolutely throttled by the Lakers as they trailed by 34 points and matched the 1988-89 Heat and 1998-99 Clippers for the worst start in NBA history by dropping to 0-17. The Nets have seen worse days -– like when they traded Julius Erving and lost Drazen Petrovic to a fatal car wreck. But this day, culminating with a 106-87 defeat at Staples Center in longtime assistant Tom Barrise’s head coaching debut, has to rank high on the list of all-encompassing ... |
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