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D’Angelo Russell praises ‘ruthless effort’ van Nets in the last second win vs. rockets

The nets had their craziest victory of the season on Tuesday evening, one of the Barclays Center public will not forget.

De Nets organize the Houston Rockets, currently the third seed in the Stacked Western Conference. D’Angelo Russell And Keon Johnson. But it was not only the made of the shots, it’s how it all went. Brooklyn won the victory on Tuesday evening in a series that would make Reggie Miller Proud.

Down four points with 9.5 seconds left, Tosan Evbuomwan Throwed the In-Bound’s pass over the field to Johnson who did not hesitate and hit a three to lower Houston’s lead to one point. With only 6.9 seconds, the nets turn off the pressure on the in-bound of the rockets. The defensive pressure worked like a wandering pass was stolen by Evbuomwan and tipped to Russell behind the arch. The guard set up a three and nailed, making the nets left for 3.5 seconds.

“This year is one of our top moments as a team,” said Johnson after the game. “I felt that everyone was engaged and everyone somehow threw in one way or another. I and d’O made the last two shots that brought us over the top, but there were other plays that were overlooked , but everyone fully competed and tried to influence the game in any way “

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“This is why this game is so much fun to watch”, Coach Jordi Fernandez said about the finish. “Give all the boys the honor, they continued to believe and kept pressing and made that turnover and d’o made that big shot. During the entire game we played hard and the focus was there. It was not perfectly completely, but that is How we want our team to play hard.

Russell made the last shot, but the nets as a whole held the game close to a tough rockets team. They were only two points during the break and were actually four points in the fourth quarter. Although Houston would go on a run to take their lead, Brooklyn kept their calmness and made the right plays.

Russell, who was traded in the Nets of the Lakers at the end of December Dorian Finey-Smith Deal, gave his teammates the honor for the victory.

“I made the shot, but it goes to the group. How resilient the group was, the players, keon, Ziaire [Williams]” I can call the whole team, they came in and played their role, “said Russell.” Credit goes to the coaches … Everyone comes in and delivers what they have to do. I just made the shot, but the honor to everyone who was part of it.

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“The road [Evbuomwan’s] Playing, it can’t go unnoticed. Coaches enable us to make plays. They do an excellent job to connect and play. In front of the ball to find his way to me and make a shot, he thought it was. We kept fighting, it was a ruthless effort for the group. “

Tuesday’s victory was Brooklyn’s third in a row and their first home victory since December 4, 4. And while the Nets (17-33) are in the middle of a rebuilding, first-year coach Fernandez has his players playing hard, even against some of the elite teams in The competition.

Prior to the winning series, which included a win of 12 points against the Rockets in Houston on Saturday, Brooklyn was in tight games. They lost with only four points from the Knicks and only one point for the Lakers a few weeks ago, and those very affected losses start to pay fruit for this young team, at least that is what Fernandez believes.

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“If you are in games time and time again, you cannot be surprised by winning this game,” said Fernandez. “We did it and that is the basketball game. We were not discouraged when we lost those games. We just tell the boys to keep photographing with confidence and plays at the defensive end. Keep giving yourself a chance and keep playing hard.”

The nets will now host the wizards on the second of their back-to-back on Wednesday evening. The team will then enter the Handelsdeadline on Thursday, which could change the schedule again.

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