The Brooklyn Nets had been completely rolling with 12 wins in a row, however their streak got here to an finish with a 121-112 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.
Right here’s what Nets gamers have since needed to say concerning the finish of their beautiful run:
KYRIE IRVING
“To be sincere with you, 40 factors within the first quarter is so much, particularly if you’re taking part in the Bulls, who’re looking for their rhythm over their previous couple of video games. We put ourselves in a gap in that first and second quarter coming into halftime,” Irving mentioned.
“Clearly, KD is particular, however he can solely achieve this a lot on his personal. We’ve been speaking about simply serving to him out and [this] was a kind of nights the place we simply didn’t make sufficient pictures on the perimeter.”
KEVIN DURANT
“Towards this crew, if you obtained three elite scorers from all angles of the ground, you bought to do your work early and you bought to simply be there on the catch,” Durant mentioned in his postgame availability. “I believe we undoubtedly put our foot on the fuel right here in spurts and tried to make it a sport…However they made pictures. They’re proficient gamers, particular gamers.”
ROYCE O’NEALE
“It was on us,” O’Neale mentioned to the New York Publish after the loss. “We had a few letdowns, errors on the defensive finish that we may’ve averted and that they took benefit of.
JACQUE VAUGHN
“That’s what I instructed the group. Now we have proven how you can reply after a win, and we simply stored successful. Now how can we reply after a loss? That’s why you don’t get too excessive or too low on this factor,” Vaughan mentioned
