Blake Griffin played his first game with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, and the six-time All-Star showed he still has something left in the tank. Griffin played 15 minutes off the bench and finished with two points, two rebounds and one block in a win over the Washington Wizards.
The Nets will be able to ease Griffin into the rotation and gradually ramp up his minutes as he works off rust. For his debut, Griffin held his own defensively and proved he can still get up, slamming home his first dunk since December of for his lone basket on the night. Charlotte Hornets rookie sensation LaMelo Ball is out indefinitely and likely done for the rest of the season after suffering a fractured bone in his right wrist. It's a huge setback for a promising Hornets team looking to get back to the playoffs.
The Rookie of the Year frontrunner's injury occurred the same day Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James went down with a high ankle sprain and a week after Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid suffered a bruised knee.
A couple more angles of the play, Ball favoring the wrist and the trainers checking it out before halftime pic. The Atlanta Hawks carry the league's longest active winning streak into Staples Center to face a Los Angeles Clippers team looking to regain its rhythm.
Dallas averaged The Mavericks shot Dallas also ranked second in the league in fewest turnovers Prior to joining Dallas, Silas spent eight seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, including as their associate head coach during the season. The longtime NBA assistant and son of coach Paul Silas, Stephen Silas expressed confidence in his ability to lead this next iteration of the Rockets along with some help from the coaching staff the group is still building.
Lucas spent time as a head coach in San Antonio, Philadelphia and Cleveland. Silas also mentioned conversations he held during the interview process with Harden and Westbrook. Harden and Westbrook led the NBA last season in isolation points, possessions and frequency. As a team, the Rockets led the league in isolation. Serving for two seasons as the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Mavericks, Silas worked extensively with Luka Doncic, who finished last season ranked among the top five in isolation scoring.
So, small ball can be part of it. With this loss the Rockets are now on the season, which is just 1. They're also just eight games away from matching the 76ers for the worst losing streak of all time -- though their 28 losses came over the course of two seasons. The longest single-season losing streak is 26 games by both the 76ers and Cavaliers. When Silas took the job, he thought he'd be coaching two former MVPs and making a deep playoff run, if not possibly contending in the Western Conference.
It's not hard to see why he's struggling to make sense of it all. By Jack Maloney. Mar 21, at pm ET 2 min read.
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