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Originally Posted by insidehoops
The Nets stink in the third quarter and nobody really has an explanation. They are 28th in the league in 3rd-quarter scoring margin, losing an average of two points in those 12 minutes. They’ve been outscored by as many as 30-5 in that quarter (who can forget that stretch in San Antonio).
Deron Williams said he talked to long-winded PJ Carlesimo about shortening halftime speeches “so we’d have a little more time to get warmed up.”
“It didn’t really work,” Williams said. “I just think it’s a mentality. Teams come out and I think they know we’ve struggled in thrid quarters and they come at us a little bit tougher and we’ve gotta do a better job of responding and fighting back.”
-- NY Daily News blog
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Actually the 3rd quarter woe has been getting better since PJ took over, especially in those early days we actually had 2nd quarter collapse but surged in 3rd quarter. I dont think it has anything to do with a particular quarter, the Nets just always allow the opponents to go on a run at an unpredictable time to dig a big hole. It can happen at anytime except for 1st quarter, when they usually start out well.
Nets seem to have 3rd quarter problems
