The Nets have lost four of their last five games and will face a brutal back-to-back schedule: today at home to the Spurs and tomorrow to the Blazers.
In a pre-game interview, Nets coach Nash said: "I'm not sure I need everyone to travel to Portland. I don't want to use back-to-back games as an excuse, but some of the veterans in the squad do need some extra breaks. I think we need to try to recognize ourselves. We've been missing a lot of players because of the league's health and safety deals, we've gone down a lot defensively, we're a defensive team and that's how we've won this year. "
Steve Nash was asked if he would put DeAndre Bembry more in the rotation: "You'll see. I think we have a lot of options in this role... I've given Duke and J-Johnson that chance, and I don't want to confiscate it after two games. "
in Levitan
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