NETS PLAYOFFS GAMENIGHT RD 1 GAME 3: #Raptors @ #Nets
2014 NBA PLAYOFFS
ROUND 1 GAME 3
SERIES 1-1
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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.
RAPTORS STARTERS
The Raptors starting lineup will be Kyle Lowry and Demar Derozan in the backcourt with Terrence Ross, Amir Johnson and Jonas Valanciunas playing in the frontcourt.
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GAME NOTES:
The Nets are looking to to go up 2-1 and because Nets have won their last six playoff series and are 7-1 all-time when they’ve opened up a 2-1 series advantage.
In six meetings between the Nets and Raptors this season, the Raptors have outscored the Nets 580-575 (the two teams have split the six meetings).
Brooklyn is looking to mark the fourth straight playoff series where they have won their first home game of the series.
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[quote_simple]WHAT TO LOOK FOR
HOLD HOMECOURT
Brooklyn let a great situation slip away on Tuesday day when they couldn’t grab Game 2 from Toronto even after the Raptors allowed them back into the game in the fourth quarter.
The big shots that Paul Pierce hit in Game 1 did not fall late in Game 2 and the series is now even at one game a piece.
The Nets have to shoot better from behind the arc as the 10-for-48 they shot in Toronto will not work if they think they can win this series.
Joe Johnson has to be the focus of the offense once again as he was in game one and allow him to pass out of the double-teams to achieve the success that Brooklyn wants.
Brooklyn fans also need to STAND UP and be LOUD and PROUD to make life miserable for the little Raptors.
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[box]INJURY REPORT
NETS
Brook Lopez – OUT (ankle)
RAPTORS
NONE
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Coach Kidd – “No one cares who scores, it’s all about Brooklyn.”
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