The Nets fell to 0-7 without Porter this season, blowing an eight-point lead with 2:48 left.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys know the NBA schedule, so (Porter) being out for rest. We play not just 17 games in a month, but we play four games a week for five straight weeks. So, if you go a little bit past the month, and if you think about it\u2019s crazy,\u201d said Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez. \u201cWe have to prepare our bodies and our minds to play extremely hard, and that\u2019s when you have different lineups.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that everybody\u2019s fresh\u2026Going through an NBA season is really hard, and we need to do it as we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Terance Mann #14 of the Brooklyn Nets along with Michael Porter Jr. #17 of the Brooklyn Nets, Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets and Noah Clowney #21 of the Brooklyn Nets react on the bench during the fourth quarter on Jan. 9. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Porter has been the subject of trade reports, though there is no concrete evidence that the Nets are shopping their leading scorer. Marc Stein even threw cold water on recent reports linking Porter to a move.<\/p>\n
Danny Wolf got the nod at small forward in lieu of Porter and earned his first career double-double in his third career start. He had 11 points, 10 rebounds, two steals and a block in a solid all-around outing. He even shot 2-for-5 from deep, but did pass up a look and Fern\u00e1ndez suggested the rookie could\u2019ve shot more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defense and the rebounding is outstanding, right? Ten rebounds \u2014 seven of them defensive rebounds \u2014which we need him to do because we were missing Michael,\u201d said Fern\u00e1ndez. \u201cThe aggressiveness, playing off two feet at the rim because they have a lot of good rim protectors and then letting it fly.<\/p>\n
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Brooklyn Nets forward Danny Wolf (2) dribbles as Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama (7) defends during the second quarter at FedExForum. Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
\u201cHe shot five (3s). I have to watch the film. I still think he could\u2019ve shot at least two or three more, especially late in the game. We needed him to shoot that shot. But I believe he will. He\u2019s willing to do the right things. I don\u2019t want him to get caught in just the negative. He did a lot of good things. We\u2019re going to keep helping him because he\u2019s trying really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Day\u2019Ron Sharpe snatched a season-high 13 rebounds off the bench.<\/p>\n
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Rookie point guard Nolan Traore had just four points on 2-of-9 shooting, but is looking more comfortable and confident. He had six assists, no turnovers and was a plus-11, using his speed more effectively.<\/p>\n
Ziaire Williams (illness) and Drake Powell (left knee injury management) were also out for the Nets.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn lost for the sixth time in its last seven games. The Nets\u2019 first 20 points of the fourth quarter were scored by backups.<\/p>\n
Ja Morant was out for Memphis, though Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo insisted it was due to his right calf, not being on the trade block.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrictly based on the injury,\u201d claimed Iisalo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the schedule getting dense \u2014 and the tanking race getting serious \u2014 Brooklyn could rest players more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,248,562,6,671,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-531127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-jordi-fernandez","13":"tag-michael-porter-jr","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nets","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115880669041464631","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}