Nets Beat Pacers 103-94 with the Arrival of Brook-Lin PnR

Happy to be first here also first W from Lin & Nets.

First Win Congrats Nets and Lin fans!

https://twitter.com/HowardBeck/status/792182358401318912

Speed of Lin, we need you! Where are those highlights ?!!!

sweet https://twitter.com/TomLorenzo/status/792187306220347392

Congratulations !
This is a transformative win for the Nets !

is everybody happy.

SO TOUCHED!!!!!!! Rookie head coach Atkins, Underdog player JLIN…. a nice team win!!!!

Lin better ice those knees and legs, game tomorrow

Class Act

Lin played most minutes w/ 34. next highest at 28.

I like this Howard Beck guy

The Nets have a better record than GSW.

Forgot Al Jefferson is in Indy. Noticed he got #7 jersey.

LOL, haha

On top of everything, Lin’s minutes were kept low — only 34m after 28m on Wed. He’ll have fresh legs for tomorrow.

I think we could see Lin’s first 30pt game as a Net because his teammates might be winded from tonight. He’ll probably need to shoot 18-20 times.

Awesome win! Rotation is funky but it worked, the bench was positive on +/-, referee was pretty good, commentators shows respect to Lin and very supportive. This is the first game where it’s totally positive from every angle of the game. Motion offense thought worked well in the beginning getting a bunch of setup open threes. They couldn’t knock it down. As things went on, guess they found their shots and there was a good mix of one, pop outs and motion and wasn’t dominated by a particular offensive set. K also showed that he has faith in the bench, the effect of this imo is that it provides confidence to the bench players to play as a key part of the team’s chemistry and winning formula. Last night and tonight, I can see the bench can create a spark, both in 4Q.

Congrats Lin fans! Let’s hope and pray we will have 50+ more games like this.

As long as he’s healthy, he’ll have 60+ games like these. 10+ even better. And let’s say 12 off-nights.

I just hope Kenny learned his lesson. He still wasted about 10m of game time tonight.

Forgot to mention his hair too, it’d awesome lol

Atkinson gave the credit of the balanced offense to Lin. Said he controlled the game.

Good point.

So happy that Lin & his teammates got the first home Win for coach Atkinson
who trusts him and loves his game.

Holly h***, Russell Westbrook stats.

Lin did say he wants to be a coach, would be awesome to see him be an NBA coach

https://twitter.com/APOOCH/status/792190675085324288

speed of lin come on!

i believe he said he didn’t want to be coach. he wants to do more of his foundation after the nba.

I got a long clip today (Lin almost got a triple dub, so it’s taking a while!)

lol, i’m just messing with you. take your time bro

suns put up 40 points in the first quarter.

kobe-esque

As usual, Lin attributes the Win to teammates play.

I was waiting for it, thanks a lot !!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, Lin is so good!

KA @ 2:48 priceless

So HAPPY that I was WRONG about Atkinson!

FINALLY he let Lin and Lopez play!

At this point, I am feeling great about Atkinson. He is THE COACH the Nets need.

LinVP, just another routine MVP level game for him…

i Love Booker’s dunks!!!

He made the adjustment! So glad to see a coach, any coach, admit their mistake and let his guys JUST PLAY.

Definitely going to make the top 10 highlight reel tonight! That was sickkk

https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/792191281183227905

https://twitter.com/joe_manniello/status/792199666112819200

A quick heads up, I won’t be around tomorrow night unfortunately for Nets vs Bucks. =(
I’m sure someone else will post highlights but I’ll end up watching the game and posting highlights of my own during the day Sunday.

oh man! the front pages and headlines are already coming in. it’s gonna be Linsanity all over again

New York Times: Echo of Jeremy Lin’s Glory Days as Nets Win Home Opener;
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/sports/basketball/brooklyn-nets-indiana-pacers.html
“Jeremy Lin’s work for the Nets began about five minutes before the tip. He grabbed a microphone and thanked the fans at Barclays Center for coming to the Nets’ home opener on Friday against the Indiana Pacers. The crowd cheered. The building was full of hope.

That feeling persisted throughout the evening as Lin darted through the lane and dropped bounce passes to open teammates. The game turned into one giant celebration as the Nets — unsung and inexperienced — engineered a 103-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Lin finished with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. Brook Lopez added 25 points, and Sean Kilpatrick came off the bench and ignited the Nets (1-1) in the second half.” ……………

So glad KA isn’t a stubborn about proving of his offense. It doesn’t work move on. Glad he listened to both Lin and Lopez and made adjustments! Now the fun begins!

From netsdaily comments

I HAVEN’T BEEN THIS HAPPY IN YEARS
Posted by Gli x Azzurri on Oct 28, 2016 | 10:07 PM

Even if he doesn’t have a big scoring game, he just needs to play scrappy defense and get Lin the ball.

This is not just a win for the Nets, it’s a sign of brighter days ahead after witnessing what their PG did, period.

Linsanity again. Haha!

lol lin always gets nervous around girls.. never makes eye contact with female reporters

I need to frame this 😄

Let’s go, LinVP! I like it

Fans of Jeremy tonight at Barclays Center …
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/28b66ccd6026c490dff23e47e583830b1b2e9e59a30b20a70bcb24409d62b7ef.jpg

Haha. Nice

Only two games, but this was Coach KA’s game. He made the adjustments and won. I am impressed. If this is his coaching acumen on display BKN all do better than the experts think. With a trade or two better than 40 wins. Indy is no pushover.

pause it at 8:58.. and see how everyone was scared lin was gonna dish it out leaving him wide open

Don’t think any other player have fans united like Lin’s.

that guy monta ellis always fouls lin no matter which team he is in –

What a win! My best birthday gift ever! I’d like to thanks Lin personally but I live way to far.

great one.. in order of his career teams.

i think he is itching to start dropping points

For the first time since Linsanity, Lin fans cheer on Lin’s teammates great plays instead of worrying its impact on Lin. Just cheering on the whole team. It’s a great feeling.

Dawkins

Happy Birthday!!!!!! JLIN love his fans, he shall be very glad to add this WIN joy to your birthday!

wow—Barclay center was roaring—-twas a real fun game tonight compared to the preseason games we attended— looking forward to next Friday with the Hornets.—hope they’ll protect their home court n win again…worth moving from MSG to barclay

So happy for you! We been waiting his starter wining game for a while and thanks God, it’s worth the patience!

Skil was hot in the 4th and Lin fed him and encouraged him. This is the result.

one thing about the motion offense: KENNY MADE THE ADJUSTMENT! in the preseason and in the 1st game, the motion went like this:

lin brings up the ball
passes to booker
booker passes to wing (bog/rhj)
lin sets weakside screen for other wing
wing passes to wing with booker in position to set a high screen.

in this motion, lin is floor spacing and the wing is the decision maker. makes sense? NO! no wonder we looked like crap. rhj and bog cant do what lin does, no way….

tonight we saw a different motion:

lin brings up the ball
passes to booker
booker passes to wing
lin fakes going to set a weakside screen
comes off a booker screen instead
wing passes to lin with booker in position to rescreen

in this motion lin is the ballhandler up top. THIS is how you get motion offense to work for you. mix it up. if harris or skil are in, they can run the 1st way and harris can get a clean look off the booker high screen, or skil can pnr to attack, etc. the key is to get lin the ball more often than not…

motion works. we had a ton of open 3’s we simply missed in the 1st quarter. if we made all of them it would’ve been a blowout…

Great post!

I love how KA boosts the bench confidence by allowing them to keep trying without fear in the earlier part of the season. That’s how they can go further. Wasn’t this how JLin started his career under KA? KA is repeating what he did to JLin to the rest of Nets.

Sticking to PnR alone doesn’t bring them far, they need to be equipped with a variety of offensive weapons to succeed.

word. besides skil, the role players didnt even play that well. some games harris and ham will get super hot from 3 and we’ll start blowing out teams. post, pnr, motion, 3’s, etc. we can be real good… i have faith….

Will he average 40pts this season? lol

https://twitter.com/robinlundberg/status/792181154086518784

https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/792212316238512129

He attempted 31 while the rest of the starter 19…..young Kobe.

Good ol Robin. Always watching and seeing JLin for who he is and appreciating his game. I hope Robin interviews JLin one day soon.

thanx…we were so noisy inside barclay—..some fans were already shouting mvp :)—but it’s really too early for that…. we gotta reserve more tickets before linsanity 2 occurs n tickets would be selling like hotcakes……

wow— so touching–testament to their deep friendship …..when they showed KA face on the camera…we were laughing coz he was perspiring so much …looks like he too was playing on court—’twas funny

@JLin7 thanks all the Nets fans for showing up. It’s awesome first win for coach Kenny Atkinson and the team.
https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/792221048775114752

were going to playoffs boys(and girls)!!

If they continue to play like tonight. No Motion O system.

I like this PnR-In-Motion more =)

thanx also for a FUN game–worth the traffic driving to brooklyn 🙂 🙂 right after work

The MVP of this game is Lin’s hairdresser. Braid’s on point!

Hornets win again! time to bring back the Win with K…campaign :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AztasCrxDis

also, what a game by Sessions! great signing Rich “Benedict” Cho.

might happen–barclay was full n noisy…..many people were in Models in front of Barclay center–they’re already checking out JLin”s Jersey

This is Lin’s style. More fun. KA system it’s mess.

how will he wash his hair though?

From NetsDaily article

Along with Lopez and Kilpatrick, Jeremy Lin was the unsung hero throughout the entire game. He finished with a near triple-double of 21 points, nine assists and nine rebounds. He facilitated the Nets offense with ease against a tough Indiana team, and showed why Kenny Atkinson is going to rely on him heavily.

“I see a different maturity about him, a different confidence,’’ Atkinson said of Lin. “The good thing about Jeremy: He never seems overwhelmed by the moment. He has an air about him, a confidence about him. I see a different guy. I see more of a leader and he’s been great with that from the beginning of preseason. This is what makes this fun. … It’s great. He relishes the challenge.”
http://www.netsdaily.com/2016/10/28/13463142/home-sweet-home-nets-rally-behind-huge-4th-quarter-and-defeat-indiana-103-94

JLin is only baller that is labeled as “unsung” after nearly getting a triple double. guess one wouldn’t call Westbrook that…

he’s a great Uncle Tom and a great Benedict Arnold…

I guess we will wait and see how the hornets continue to fare –

just look up those two in Wikipedia

HBD! Enjoy!

If Bog hit that triple, it would have been a double double.

Can Paul come up with a better photo?

I think they’re somewhat speechless to describe the #Linning impact =)

I’m not too impressed with Westbrook’s 51pts triple-double with 17-44 shooting (2-10 3FG) in 45 min vs the Suns
Oladipo with 2nd highest shot attempts at 17 FGAs

Individual brilliance indeed but I doubt he can play 40+min to carry the team in 82-game season+playoff. He’ll burn out sooner than later.

Lin’s near triple-double in 34 min with team effort is more impressive for the long-term

“Congrats on the first win, Coach. Game ball is yours.”
__________
https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/792229552831533056

Rich Cho is another Yes man GM propping up a fake star in Kemba and give a dumb max contract to an injury prone and ineffective Batum. Hornets are not going to make the playoffs. Also why are we even talking about them?

Lin and Lopez’s style. KA finally released Lopez and allowed him to play his post game with 25 pts!

I can’t watch the video, it’s on private D=

really? let me check.

lol KA looks a bit embarrassed.

Sorry, i forgot to publish. It should work now.

Lin often does worst in back to back games and he played the most minutes. I hope he’ll be fine tomorrow. So happy there are games on Friday and Saturday. More motivation for the weekend!

Nets’ second unit is not bad at all in past two games. we are going to see ESPN change their power ranking for Nets very soon,

Great friendship.

Ya! Bc it’s Lin not him to win this game. Haha! But if he continues to allow Lin to play like this. he really will get Coach of the Year.

I just realized that the Nets won without even good 3PT shooting (30% or 10-33)
Only SKil (4-4), Lin (2-4), Vasquez (1-1) shot very well 3FG%.
The rest is only 3-24

The sky is the limit when Brook-Lin PnR is rolling.
Throw in Book-Lin PnR =)

booker looks like a miniature lebron with the beard and facial structure lol

I’m not worried because if you notice, Lin paces himself. He’s not 100% all the time.. a lot of times he just stand there with the ball and waits. I think he’ll be fine.

Lin x Lopez, Lin can’t take all the credit. Also credit Lopez for speaking up after last game about need for adjustments. Both franchise players of the team wanted PnR, Post plays except KA saying Lin was stubborn when it really was him who’s stubborn about the motion offense.

And Pacers is supposed to be #4 seed in the East!
Imagine that =)

Nice #Linning formula! haha..

He just found the groove tonight.. my moderate guess is 20pts/11asts

Haha. Let’s see how Lin performs tomorrow, 2nd game of back to back. It might be a grind out performance type

I liked Indiana as top4 coming into the season. They don’t look good today. I still say Cavs , Raptors, Celtics top 3

They are actually very good individually but they didn’t play as together as the Nets.
That’s probably why Paul George said the Nets played very well together.

Lin made the offensive flow humming to near-perfection

I thought i saw Nets players were more nervous than Pacers players today. Maybe it was only the second game and they are stilling get to know each other. I think they can perform 10% (scoring efficiency) better after 10 games

Ya, I still think Indiana is top4 material. It is a long season ….

Poor AL. Brook was killing him.

Tyson is on the downside of his career. He does not have the athleticism he used to have and he cannot shoot.

yeah but he did play 38 minutes tonight. he’s still serviceable in my opinion. he never was a good shooter

his athletic abilities and playing style are also similar…obviously nowhere near lebron but similar

GM won’t trade for his contract.

Other fans don’t notice that the Sixers and the Sun management are dysfunctional as the Knicks.

So… Jeremy Lin Most Improved Player is in play . And Atkinson Coach of the Year award is in play …

lol thats the point! He is the enforcer of the team. For me though he doesn’t look scary, he looks more like a family man than anything else. Nobody on the nets really stands out as “tough/aggressive”…maybe brook lopez, that man has tree trunks for legs and he just throws people around like they’re dolls.

Starters had plus/- of -13. Second unit had +63. Go figure

Thanks for the post…really nice article. Heartfelt.

Don’t look now but Charlotte is 2-0. Looked good against Miami.

JLIn only played 34 very efficient minutes. Lopez something like 25 efficient minutes. KA did a masterful job in managing minutes. Great efficiency from his two main players

I’ve been very critical of Atkinson this preseason and game 1. Haven’t watched the game yet, but was listening on the radio and loved what I was hearing. Atkinson unleashing Brook-Lin. Whether the first game was to preserve the starters for this game, or pulling a Popovich and only letting an Eastern contender see a limited offense for the future (stretching it there), Atkinson and the fans just had a taste of what is possible and there is no turning back from letting Lin play his game. Great job COACH!

sweet charming and nice? 😛 if you say so…if I were on the other team, id be more scared of him than anyone else lol

lol…are you getting these from netsdaily?

no, Twitter GIF is the motherlode lol

Nice. Love the crowd.

Can’t wait to see how Lin beat Kidd tomorrow…

https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/792247313494179840

The bench surge in the past 2 games have been pleasantly shocking.

It’s also the impact of Lin kept drawing fouls in the 1st half finally wore down the Pacers.
By 8-9 min mark in the 4th quarter, they’re already in foul trouble.
They can’t be as aggressive defending the rim

Lin’s ability to draw fouls is truly underrated. I counted at least 3 in the 1st quarter on 3 different players

Whaaat, whaat. Just saw the highlights (haven’t watched game yet). Why am I so giddy. Haha. What a thing of beauty. Lin playing the PnR w/ Lopez, Scola, Booker. This is going to be an exciting year. Great job COACH letting them play!

Here comes the MVP Chants =D

@danfavale: listen closely and you can hear nets fans chanting “MVP” for Jeremy Lin
https://twitter.com/danfavale/status/792183402967556098

Nets daily has them, audio form

“Jeremy Lin chats it up with former teammate Aaron Brooks”

AB is a great guy! If you remember, AB said to McHale wanting to pull Lin, “Let Jeremy play, coach. Let him do his thing”

32p/7a. They’ll need him to score more on the 2nd night of a back-to-back.

He has 70FGA in the past 2 games. He’s in straight up ball hog mode and doesn’t give a damn. Lol

http://www.netsdaily.com/2016/10/28/13463752/listen-up-brooklyn-nets-win-shows-they-re-out-to-prove-doubters-wrong

Novak reunion tomorrow! I wish this team had AB and Novak on it. Perfect for on-court and off-court chemistry.

I’m sorry, but 44 FGA is just embarrassing. This is why Durant left.

It will be fun seeing him go all out though. Their point differential in these wins is not big. When they face the elite teams , he cannot do it all

short clips here http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209741683

I really like Nets daily. They are just great to Lin & even his fans…haha

OKC has talent to work with, but Russ ain’t interested in leading. Only racking up stats and glory like his buddy Harden. Westbrook does play some defense though.

Exactly like the Steven Nash PG mentality.

I like this.
Isola is starting Coach of the Year campaign or Coach Atkinson

@FisolaNYDN: As of tonight, the Nets Kenny Atkinson is leading candidate for coach of the year.
https://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/792204900289634305

Isola is a leech. He’ll praise Lin if it gets clicks and shames Melo/Dolan. He’ll bash Lin if it gets clicks and angers fans.
I always ignore anything he says about anyone, positive or negative.

I agree; Morey’s analytics heavily favored individual efficiency and stats like Harden possesses.
It even identified Lin’s individual ability for scoring efficiency.

But so far it fails to identify the team aspect of the analytics; how Lin makes other guys better by feeling empowered.

This clip is a clear example of Lin’s court-vision to see Booker has an open lane to the rim. He trusted Booker to make his move and Booker reciprocated Lin’s trust by doing his part with confidence.

That’s simply a beautiful team basketball. Lin could have easily frozen his teammates by doing multiple “heat checks” but he believes in team basketball!

Yes! Lin is perhaps one of the most underrated in terms of being a floor general.

Yes. Isola shall forever remain a villain for many Lin fans…

Booker is going to have his best season this year. He was slept on by other teams too.

25p/ 7ast

so true .. the RB’s “me first” mentality was not good for team chemistry

so true .. Lin derives pure joy from seeing his teammates succeed!
that’s why he’s such a good leader

This one play got me so heat up

This play is so good. All 5 Pacers collapse on Lin in the paint, then he fake passes all 5 of them and they all run away from him leaving him alone to take an open shot. https://twitter.com/Sportige/status/792218156936884224

Glad Miami lost

@_Ed_Hamilton
@JLin7 who said Lin can’t handle the ball? think again haters
https://twitter.com/_Ed_Hamilton/status/792243821127962624

WOW What a night! I took too many pictures, but here are 90 of the best ones on Google Drive. Enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxB3Os91SNSGUkw3U1dYS1IzaWs?usp=sharing

Nice pics bud.

i just hope that the nets thrash the bucks – i will always remember the foul kidd gave lin –

was just thinking lin beat the pacers when he was in charlotte last season now same thing in a different team

It took me 2 and a half hours just to get INTO Barclays. Knew it was a mistake and I’ll never drive there again. Paid $50+ for tolls 1 way, $40 for parking, $9+ hot dogs, $6 bottle of water, plus tickets… it was worth every penny and minute.

So the game started out pretty bad for the Nets, due to poor shooting, but ball movement was good and we were getting lots of open shots. Nets stuck with it and eventually, shots started falling. The defense was good all night, which was key to winning tonight, especially in the 4th quarter when we went on a 14-2 run and Pacers went 0 for 9 FG.

Lin was amazing tonight. He directed traffics and dictated the pace of the game. He was giving out instructions to his teammates all night. A true floor general. You could tell he (and every Nets player) wanted to win this game bad and was not going to let anything stop him from getting a W in the home opener. Lin was a man on a mission, grabbing 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and of course 21 points.

Brook got off to a great start. He was being fed by Lin and finally started making shots… shots that Brook usually makes in the past 8 years. We finally got a taste of what Brook-Lin and boy did it taste great! Crowd was pretty subdued for the for first quarter, but started coming alive after Lin assisted Brook on that reverse dunk. This is what I was talking about when I said that Brook didn’t have to adjust to Kenny’s system, but rather, Kenny has to adjust to Brook and find a way to incorporate him into the motion offense. I still don’t like Brook taking so many 3s, but at least he was posting up a lot more tonight and being utilized the right way.

Booker. Oh man, tonight showed what I always thought Booker could be for the Nets since he got signed and we all saw his monster dunk highlights. I believe he had 3 monster dunks. He electrified the crowd. It was amazing. He led the Nets with 11 rebounds tonight too. I hope he can keep up this energy, defense, rebounding, and get at least a monster dunk or two every game. This could be Booker’s break out year.

Sean Skilpatrick. What a stud. Lin kept saying that everybody will be surprised at how good he can be and Kilpatrick proved it tonight. He was on fire at the 3-point line and Pacers couldn’t stop his drives either. I expect more of these games from him this season. Loved the energy and intensity he brought on top of the hot scoring.

Everybody else was pretty quiet tonight, but they all contributed in their own ways. They played very good defense and kept this strong Pacers team on their heels. As usual, Nets had a bad 3rd quarter, but they came back strong in the 4th and dominated the Pacers. If Nets can play with this hunger and intensity for most nights this year, I firmly believe we can make the playoffs.

Some other interesting tidbits… Brooklyn Brigade were leading the charge in chants and providing energy for the arena. I was sitting much closer to the court than them, but they were behind me. I followed their chanting and also started some of my own, which got my section going as well. At one point, we started chanting MVP for Lin. Not everybody was chanting, but I was and so were the Brigade. It was awesome lol. I also yelled out “you can’t stop him!” a few times when Lin was driving to basket. :p

I sat in the same row as a Redditor that got tickets when I posted the deal on the Nets subreddit. He was also an Asian haha. He kept looking at me during the game because I was decked out in Nets gear and wore a Lin jersey and I also told him around what row I was sitting at in that Reddit thread, so he pieced it together and came up to me after the game. He asked “You from Reddit?” And I was like yup. We talked for a minute or so about the game and then left.

Anyway, I’m super tired. Been running on adrenaline and now I’m pooped. Talk to you guys tomorrow morning. 🙂

It was insane. The crowd started out really quiet and somber, but as the game progressed, it got louder and louder, wilder and wilder. It kept building up and then went completely insane in the 4th quarter. What an experience.

I think you gotta give Hamilton some credit as well. Didn’t shoot well but his defense seemed better tonight.

So many signings looking like steals already. Booker, Hamilton, Joe Harris. Keeping Kilpatrick was a great idea as well.

You’re welcome. 🙂

man…I was hoping for a atleast one full page report! thanks 😉

true enough! agreed

Both Lin and Kilpatrick praise the Lord. Both will be doing well.

Darn, didn’t know that. Seems like they all have a bit in common already!

lol…wont be surprised…many professional players do just that!

Just in case if its not posted yet…

by Blaiyan

Jeremy Lin Postgame Interview #NetsOpener
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Kobe said he sees a lot of himself in Westbrook.

lol Same here Lopez does look scary especially when he isn’t smiling, dude is a giant you don’t want to be on his bad side.

Some of them were standing and cheering especially for Booker’s dunk.

I believe Nets can go beyond the 40 mark. If they acquired the off season players they wanted they would totally make past the 50 mark. Lets see how far they can go with this team they have some sleeping dragons just need KA to adjust use everyone properly.

PFV’s comments

KA‘s post-game press conference:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209741683

KA’s pre-game press conference:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209660783

KA’s pre-game interview:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209660683

KA’s family interview in the family suite:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209676783

JLin’s post-game interview:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209749783

Lopez’s post-game interviw:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209730683

SK2’s post-game interview:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209730783

Booker’s post-game interview:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209754883

Hamilton’s post-game interview:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1209757783

Who cares about ESPN their ranks are always false and they are Lin haters. I rather they not post about Nets at all. They will be the dark horse in the rankings and playoff runs this year!

Haha thanks guys for posting a longer highlight!

Lol You must have short memory, they were awful last game. This game they almost blew the Pacers’ lead up during 3rd quarter again. It’s a good thing they finally came through in the 4th. Vazquez was complete garbage always fouled, couldn’t even make layups but redeemed himself when he came and was an instant spark of 3 pointers.

just in case u will go back to BC–there are free parking around …we’ve been to BC several times and found free parking easily….u just have to walk 3-4 blocks

You’re as fascinating as Lin is.

best fake in the NBA I have EVER seen

that should be a Shaqtin a Fool moment!

which play…there were several moments but the most enjoyable one was — when booker did a turn around and dunk the ball—that was amazing…

google jeremey lin this early morning here in the usa and heres what you get:

Echo of Jeremy Lin’s Glory Days as Nets Win Home Opener
New York Times

Jeremy Lin leads Nets to comeback win in home debut
New York Post

Brook Lopez, Jeremy Lin lead Nets to win over Pacers in home opener
Newsday

Lin Barely Misses Triple-Double As Nets Beat Pacers 103-94
CBS

Linsanity is back, in Brooklyn
USA TODAY

Brooklyn braces for Linsanity as Nets win home opener
New York Daily News

This is absolutely hilarious! I’ll watch it again and again. Shaq a fool needs this.

Sounds like your typical linsanity game.

A post after a great game = way less comments…. lol

Sorry folks that I didn’t have any chance to post anything since I left Brissie about a week ago.

It is awesome to witness JLin and his team last night. Am really happy to meet up few JLin fans in the game. I had fun and enjoy every minute of meeting as well as the game. I wouldn’t be able to write up what I’ve observed until probably tonight.

My time in NYC is up and is about to embark to my next phase of traveling. Time to go and get ready to leave.

someone should correct his stats 2 blocks

It’s like the afterglow, a sense of peace, well being and calm, when reflecting on the wonderful evening and awesome meal with friends and family. Just enjoying it.

Where to now?

Apparently not to sleep

NBA.com/Stats has Lin’s stats as 1 block for 2 games played so far.

Well there is another game in a few hours so definately not.

Enjoy your next trip. Lucky lady.

I’m really happy that you witnessed in person the 1st Win of Lin and coach Atkinson’s Nets.

The highlight will roll on today!

man, it feels like 2012 .. with another game in 9 hours lol

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/792375679996354560

One of the beautiful things about Lopez is how easy he makes scoring look.

In the back of every Net players mind is that “if we need a basket we could take one with Lopez near the basket.”

This allows everyone else on the team to play loose and confident.

Of all the games you could have gone to, you picked THE GREATEST GAME of Lin’s entire career!

Good for you!

exactly~~~

I don’t.

Doc Scheppler has been saying that for Lin’s ENTIRE career!

another great article by Greg 👍
Coach KA is smart to adapt. Brook-Lin PnR simply befuddled the Pacers 😄 They looked so listless in the 4th quarter trying to stop it

Brooklyn Nets: Jeremy Lin & Brook Lopez Pick & Roll Lethal as Can Be
http://sportige.com/jeremy-lin-pick-roll-masterpiece-brooklyn-nets-brook-lopez-indiana-pacers-sean-kilpatrick-103376/

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Lopez led the Nets with 25 points in 26 minutes. He had a kinda of mixed game, taking too many 3-pointer (0-for-4) and spending too many times hovering around the perimeter instead of doing what he does best. But he and Lin were almost automatic whenever they went for the pick & roll, helping Lopez score 8 of his points. The Pacers couldn’t stop Lin when he took off towards the paint, and they had no one to handle Lopez when he got the ball inside. It might not be part of the motion offense Kenny Atkinson dreams of, but it’s the best play the Nets have, and there’s no reason to hide away from it as long as teams don’t have an answer for it.
Lin finished with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and for some reason the box score didn’t show any steals, but he had a couple of them. Monta Ellis and Jeff Teague both struggled to contain him whenever he tried attacking the rim, which helped Lin get to the line 8 times, making 7 of his shots. It was a lot easier with screens being set up for him. When the Nets have players rolling to the basket while Lin is moving in that direction as well, they’re very difficult to stop. Trevor Booker scored 4 points off of that, and the Nets final points of the game displayed what kind of confusion a defense has when Lin comes off a screen and enters the paint. Too many options, but it’s up to his teammates to keep up.

Maybe more impressive on in the Lin aspect of the game was his shooting. He finished with 6-of-12 from the field and 2-for-4 from beyond the arc. Good, but not mind blowing. So what’s the big deal? His form and confidence when going up for jumpers, even the difficult ones, seems fluid, smooth. It’s something best seen, not imagined through words written on a screen.
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Sean Kilpatrick scored 18 points off the bench. He emerged as a terrific player last season from the Nets almost out of nowhere, and from the looks of things, they’d do much better with him in the lineup instead of Bojan Bogdanovic …

Need to make better decision, just like Lin….. I kid I kid…

maybe we can email Doc to confirm the email LOL

LOL I think the mail will go to Nathan instead…jk

So glad you got to witness JLin’s historic game in your first NBA game =)
You don’t know how blessed you are .. I’ve been in so many games with losses because Lin was hidden behind selfish teammates haha…

You should have bought those seats behind the bench so you could have had many chat with him during the game…LOL

I feel the need to marvel at JLin’s behind-the-back one more time
(ok, 3-4 more times)

@NBA_Philippines
.@JLin7 picks up the loose ball and throws a perfectly executed behind the back pass.
https://twitter.com/NBA_Philippines/status/792176472337154048

I think he faked some of his teammates too….LOL

I might get escorted out by the security guards if I tried to chat Lin too much LOL
You might see Melody, @blubell and me escorted out hahaha..

Sean Kilpatrick is the 2nd coming of Vinnie “Microwave” Johnson off the bench.

I kind of wish we had a day or two to savor this win and let everybody process how amazing it was…

Based on what I saw in the postgame interviews, I would say that Atkinson “coached” Lin and the Nets the exact same way Erik Spoelstra and David Blatt and Tyronn Lue “coached” Lebron James.

Only Hall of Famers can make that kind of play regularly like Lin does.

Getting Brook going early was key because the other players’ shots weren’t going in, even though they were getting open looks. Nets would’ve been trailing by a ton in the 1st half if it wasn’t for Brook (and Lin) getting off to a good start.

haha .. that’s mean lol

Lin only got to see through the corner of his eyes the trailing teammates but he can delivered the difficult behind-the-back pass with such precision. Linsane indeed!

TRUE!

Great post.

It’s such a nice feeling proving the doubters, haters, naysayers, and critics on Reddit wrong…

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4shr46/adrian_wojnarowski_free_agent_forward_luis_scola/d5a1bjt/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/GoNets/comments/4sk2n1/whats_your_bestcase_scenario_for_the_201617_season/d5a936i/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4w8ra9/brook_lopez_sometimes_obviously_its_an_incentive/d650fxo/

Of course this is just the beginning and Nets haven’t gotten 30+ wins yet, but the trolls are now hiding in their caves, scared that Lin and the Nets will do well this year.

Nash could never have carried a team like these downtrodden Nets the way Lin has.

not defensively, he couldn’t

People used to say about Larry Bird and Magic Johnson:

“Eyes in the back of his head”.

That’s Lin too.

Barclays should serve DIM SUM

That would REALLY draw in the fans – and not just Asian fans either!!!

I’m not complaining, I’m sharing my experience of last night’s game and that included the commute there. I knew it was a bad idea to drive to Barclays, but I had to for different reasons.

I didn’t want to get hot dogs and fries either, but the concession area was right outside of our section’s entrance / exit. We got food and drinks at halftime and waited a long time in line. If we went searching for better food elsewhere around Barclays, it would’ve taken a lot more time. We still missed the first 8 minutes of the 3rd quarter because of this.

I understand. I think it’s really great that you did come to the game all decked out in Lin gear and even leading chants!

I just didnt want people to read your first paragraph and decide that it’s much better to stay home and just watch the games on TV. The Nets desperately need a fanbase and I think ownership is watching carefully to see if Linsanity can really bring it.

New York Tv Statiom
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/197531f22a2567e36ee9d9ea80a0ea5ee31e25e0ebf68ec17600f35899536463.jpg

Huh. One guy in VIP services (who was Asian) told me he thought there wasn’t any. Is the sushi sold at the Abagail’s concession?

Yeah but $50+$40+$9+$6+ticket$ is bound to scare some people off. 🤑

young

Thanks

Be afraid, Knicks!

Since Yi & Zhou aren’t in NBA now, a lot basketball fans in China said will vote Lin for All-Star if he keep this performance.

NYK is going to have their home game opening tonight… vs Mem. Let’s see ….

A nice article from the Nets about Jeremy giving KA the game ball …

“It was pretty special,” said Atkinson, whose eyes showed a deep appreciation, as he deflected the attention off himself and back to his players. Lin said that’s just Kenny being Kenny.

“He’s like allergic to credit, it’s so funny,” Lin said. “Any time you say something he does well, he runs, rolls his eye, turns around and changes the subject. I love it. It’s hilarious. I love making him uncomfortable about something that he did. That’s just who he is. He doesn’t want the credit, he doesn’t do it for the credit, he loves the game, is passionate about the game and he wants to see us do it as a team. In a situation like this, he deserves it.”

See : http://www.nba.com/nets/news/2016/10/28/lin-gives-atkinson-game-ball

Yeah, Duncan is in his own league. It’s crazy that a lot of teams actually still wanted him to play for them, even at 40. Of course Timmy didn’t want to do that to the spurs so he just retired lol.

So SICK!!!

I will be driving there with my family as well. I actually want to hear more about his experience driving there and parking situation.

Really? I sure hope so.

I will be little more specific. I think we are going to spend a night in NY. Looking for a “safe” place to sleep & park, and possibly take subway to the arena.

Good point, not completely sure to be honest with you. Wins above losses would be the gold standard but with this nets team I’m not sure that is possible or even fair to Lin. Another thing may be personal stats but I’m not someone who approves of empty stat padding in losses either. Maybe a combination of the two would be best.

That’s the way to do it. Park in a good neighborhood in Brooklyn, then take the subway.

One thing I’ve noticed throughout the preseason and in the first two regular season games is that Lin went away from some of the dribbling maneuvers he utilized last season. I agree with this move because I’ve felt it puts a huge strain on the lower back due to having to maintain a body angle that’s too low to the ground (bad athletic posture IMO). It’s probably a bit too much for any player who plays a complete game offensively and defensively, and with increased minutes (compared to last couple seasons). If doing a cost-benefit analysis, the increased likelihood and magnitude of health risks probably outweighs any benefits of flashier, ankle breaking Professor stuff. In addition, it’s probably not even that much more effective overall. As we’ve seen yesterday, Lin can dominate with physicality and decision making alone, and it really comes naturally to him.

Obviously you r not from d city 🙂 :)… everywhere is always kinda edgy.. haha… we usually park close to d police precinct .. if you find one … grab it rt away coz it won’t be der next time you circle around …. every time we find free parking in d city– you’d feel like your lucky day…. next time… use parkwhiz or spot hero … u won’t pay that much

I don’t bring my car into NYC. I don’t live in NYC, but a half-hours drive away in light traffic. There are many subway lines and the LIRR that service this station. But, that’s a personal decision, whether to drive to places or take public transportation.

Lin is going to bring buzz to Barclay’s. That’s great. He already has with this great first game.

Isn’t that a famous quote by Yogi Ferrell, “You can’t win every game, because sometimes you lose.” 😉

Lopez is being given the night off as it’s the second night of a back to back, and part of 4 games in 6 days, according to Brian Lewis (NY Post).
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https://twitter.com/NYPost_Lewis/status/792411673038499840

Uh oh…

I’m in Brooklyn Heights. I think it’s known to be a pretty safe residential area. It’s about a 20 minute walk from Barclays, faster on subway.

Delly another undrafted..

Really? weird decision.

What? So today is Motion system again?

There must be something going on that we are not aware off

Its gonna be interesting without the big guy!

He’s 27 or 28. Weird. I can see less minutes but the Bucks are a tough matchup with him due to their length and athleticism. Without him, we’ll just have to see what Atkinson has in mind.

I agree. I suspect Planter Fascitis but it could be something else a well.

KA sure wants to play his motion O system. It’s to try different system not rest I think.

I think Lin can do fine against Dellavedova. Offensively, Delly is great in the PnR. It used to be Chris Paul and Chalmers played Lin tough. Or bigger guys like K Leonard, Igoudala, guys known for their D that disrupt many players offense. Next Friday we’ll see if Clifford puts MKG on Lin and how Lin does against him. MKG has looked pretty impressive in the first two games defensively.

He is 7ft tall

It is going to be interesting their record without lopez is this year

Did Duncan, Garnett, Shaq and others play in B2B games? There might be something about Lopez physically the Nets are protecting him from.

Yeah and recent interview KA did mention that he intend to prolong Brooks career

You listed 3 players and said others. 7ft normally don’t last long. Yao being the main example. Some do. Hard to tell whose knees will hold.

Yao

Kenny isn’t a traditional coach. :p

Patience is key for us fans. We shouldn’t be overreacting to both the good and bad games, nor the decisions that we think Kenny should or shouldn’t make.

i hope that they wash the uniforms though