Brooklyn Nets: Player grades from collapse against Clippers
By Phil Watson
30 MIN, 15 PTS, 5-for-11 (3-for-6), 4 REB, 1 AST, 3 PF, 0. SG. Brooklyn Nets. ALLEN CRABBE. B
Allen Crabbe had his best overall game of the season thus far (admittedly a low bar at this point) and showed signs of breaking out of his season-long shooting slump.
He knocked down his first two 3-point attempts, cooled off for a spell, but then recovered for decent finish.
Crabbe also was part of the tag team that harried Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams into a 4-for-15 night from the floor. Most importantly, Crabbe made the right decisions with the ball — when to shoot, when to drive, when to give it up.
That’s encouraging for a guy who has every reason in the world to press and force things.
JARRETT ALLEN. A. 28 MIN, 24 PTS, 8-for-13 (0-for-1), 11 REB (5 ORB), 2 AST, 3 PF, 1 TO, 1 BLK, 0. C. Brooklyn Nets
Jarrett Allen had a huge game, scoring 13 of his career-high 24 points as the Nets roared out to a lead in the first quarter and posted the first 20-point/10-rebound game of his career as well.
It was Allen’s fifth double-double of the season — and second in a row — in just 15 games (he missed the Minnesota and Miami games earlier this week with an illness) after he posted only four double-doubles in 72 games as a rookie.
His progress has been remarkably rapid and he’s playing like one of the biggest steals in the 2017 NBA Draft class — a 22nd overall pick who is already a budding star before he’s even 21 years old.