Brooklyn entered Sunday’s game a half a game ahead of the Orlando Magic in 7th place in the East. So this game was huge against the Bulls for the Nets to stay in the 7th seed. Caris LeVert scored 23 points on Sunday night as the Nets starters combined for 84 points. This was great to see that they were scoring large amounts of points after losing their coach, as well as picking up a 110-107 win.
DeAndre Jordan got the start at center over Jarrett Allen, in Vaughn’s first move as head coach. Before the game Vaughn’s told the media that he hoped this decision would impact the team on “both sides of the ball.”
Well, the Nets played well in the first quarter, shooting 50 percent from the floor and hitting 4-of-7 threes. Although they had some ups, they turned the ball over 9 times in 12 minutes.
Brooklyn ended the first half with a 22-9 run. Caris LeVert added 16 points, while DeAndre Jordan had just 4 points but grabbed 8 rebounds. Jarrett Allen off the bench had 8 first-half points.
In the second half, the Nets decided to focus on cleaning up the turnovers. They did not do this as they ended the game with 29 turnovers to Chicago’s 6 turnovers. The Nets were only in the game because they were red hot from the three point line while the Bulls could not even buy a shot.
The Nets on the backs of Harris, Dinwiddie, and LeVert who scored 70 points kept the pace to pull out the 110-107 win, as well as keep their 7th seed in the East.
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