NETS PLAYOFFS GAMENIGHT RD 2 GAME 5: #Nets @ #Heat

2014 NBA PLAYOFFS

ROUND 2 GAME 5

SERIES 3-1

NETS STARTERS

The starting lineup will be Deron Williams playing alongside Shaun Livingston in the backcourt with Joe Johnson and Paul Pierce up front and the man in the middle Kevin Garnett.

HEAT  STARTERS

The Heat starting lineup will be Mario Chalmers and Dwayne Wade in the backcourt with Lebron James, Shane Battier and  Chris Bosh playing in the frontcourt.

GAME NOTES:

If the Nets win it will mark the third time the Nets have gone down 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff series and won Game 5.

The Nets recorded 23 second chance points in Game 4, marking the most second chance points they’ve scored in any game in this season.

The Nets out-scored Miami 53-41 over the course of the second half as Brooklyn shot 60.6% (20-33) as compared to the Heat’s 38.9% (14-36).

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

SEASON ON THE LINE

There will be no more games if the Nets cant win tonight in Miami in Game 5 and force another game at home in Brooklyn.

The last game was right there for the Nets to take and with the score tied at 94 with two minutes to play the Heat out-executed the Nets down the stretch and took a commanding 3-1 lead in the series.

The philosophy the Nets took with allowing James to get his points but stopping the other complimentary pieces worked like a charm until late in the fourth quarter expect Brooklyn to do much of the same tonight.

Do or Die for the Brooklyn Nets……

INJURY REPORT

NETS

Brook Lopez  – OUT (ankle)

HEAT

NONE

Coach Kidd – “No one cares who scores, it’s all about Brooklyn.”