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The Nets just lost the one player they couldn\u2019t afford to lose.<\/p>\n
Now, it remains to be seen how long until they get back D\u2019Angelo Russell.<\/p>\n
The point guard was forced out of Thursday\u2019s 110-97 loss to the Cavaliers at Barclays Center with a right ankle sprain and didn\u2019t return.<\/p>\n
Since Russell joined the Nets, they entered the Cavs tilt 8-8 when he played but 0-6 when he didn\u2019t. That\u2019s inauspicious.<\/p>\n
The floor leader was showing that kind of impact again Thursday, leading the Nets to a 60-55 lead over a Cleveland team tied for the best record in the NBA. <\/p>\n
But he hopped off the floor with 8:39 left in the third quarter and never came back.<\/p>\n
Neither did the Nets\u2019 momentum.<\/p>\n
Keon Johnson (16 points) immediately committed a turnover, and the Nets conceded an extended 28-11 run to fall behind by 12.<\/p>\n
The Nets shot just 5 of 15 with three turnovers during that blitz, the misses and giveaways fueling Cleveland\u2019s transition game. <\/p>\n
They also allowed 11-of-15 shooting to the visitors, with Donovan Mitchell (game-high 26 points) hitting a pull-up 3 to make it 83-71 with a minute left in the third.<\/p>\n
The deficit swelled to 20 in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Cam Johnson had a team-high 18. <\/p>\n
But without Russell \u2014 who finished with three points and a team-high five assists \u2014 the attack sputtered.<\/p>\n
Even Cleveland\u2019s Kenny Atkinson \u2014 who coached Russell in his first Nets go-around \u2014 noted before the game the guard\u2019s importance.<\/p>\n
\u201cDLo is at the center of it,\u201d Atkinson said. \u201cHe\u2019s a natural leader. He has natural charisma. I used to say with the Nets, he\u2019s got star charisma. He really does. Whatever that DNA is, DLo, you can have your opinion about him, but DLo thinks he\u2019s a star, knows he\u2019s a star, and I love that about him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe must be in the perfect place now, right? He\u2019s kinda seen it all. He\u2019s at that age where I assume he\u2019s the alpha in that locker room. I\u2019m just a big fan of the player, big fan of the leader, big fan of the person.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Nets have had a gaping hole at backup point guard behind Russell ever since buying out Ben Simmons, and they had been forced to use forward Trendon Watford there.<\/p>\n
They gave Killian Hayes \u2014 who had been toiling with G-League Long Island \u2014 a 10-day contract to try out for that role. <\/p>\n
Now, he could be forced into an even heavier workload.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrendon can be the guy that you know runs the point guard, but at the same time, Trendon can be a 1, 2, 3, he\u2019s multi-positional. So having a quote-unquote more like a traditional backup point guard also is good for us,\u201d coach Jordi Fernandez said. \u201cGive it a look, this 10-day is important, not just for him, but also for us. And he can do the things we ask him to do, we know who he is. That\u2019s the reason why we brought him in the first place.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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