So... this series certainly isn’t going how we all expected it to, especially with James Harden going down with hamstring tightness just one minute into Game 1.
And yet, the Nets are up 2-0 in the second-round series now headed to Milwaukee, maintaining homecourt advantage with returns from Jeff Green and James Harden hopefully on the horizon. Individual greatness from Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant has buoyed the shorthanded Nets against the conference rival — don’t get me wrong — but the story of the first two games has been Brooklyn’s impact up and down the bench.
A lot of that can be attributed to the fine-tuned adjustments and counters the coaching staff has devised to fluster Milwaukee’s individual players and go-to schemes.