The Brooklyn Nets finished off the first week of the NBA season with a 1-2 record.
On the road to begin the year against the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Nets looked overmatched until a 16-2 run in the final four minutes brought them back to within one possession. However, they missed both of their late three-point attempts and lost by five. They followed that up by getting the head coach, Kenny Atkinson, his first career win in their home opener against the Indiana Pacers. Finally, the week was capped off by another nail-biter that saw the Milwaukee Bucks emerge victorious on a tip-in buzzer beater.
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Despite starting each of these first three games as the lesser talented team, the Nets have been able to put up a fight on a nightly basis. Atkinson and the players are clearly in sync and the team has the belief that it can play with any opponent.
Just one week into his first head coaching gig, Atkinson has drawn rave reviews. He’s brought the Nets out of the basement of the NBA and back into moderate respectability. Below I’ll break down some of the more interesting things we’ve seen from Atkinson’s first week.