NetsDaily · Oct 21, 2021
A big issue still unaddressed: Nets need to get more shots than their opponent
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty ImagesWhen you shoot 44 percent overall and 53 percent from deep, you shouldn’t get blown out, particularly when you have two of the NBA’s biggest stars scoring 32 and 20 points — and your big off-season acquisition makes an historic debut by hitting all seven of his 3-point shots.
But the Nets did get blown out, 127-104. Putting aside a couple of one-off aspects of the game — the Bucks were celebrating Ring Night and the Nets were abysmal at the line (53.6 percent!) — the big issue was not getting up enough shots. That’s not one-off. It happened a lot last season. Specifically, as Brian Lewis reports Thursday, the Bucks put up 21 more shots, 105-to-84.