Long Island Nets Fall to Texas Legends, 122-118, despite Drew Timme career-high 31
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Long Island’s post-season hopes are hurting, but Drew Timme is thriving The Long Island Nets returned to the court on Sunday afternoon for their second game in two days against the Texas Legends, the Mavericks’ affiliate. Long Island hoped to pick up another win for their playoff push and finally make it back to .500, but lightning wouldn’t strike twice for the Nets as they fell to Texas, 122-118.
Tyson Etienne and Drew Timme continued to be the two big stars for Long Island in the absence of Dariq Whitehead, Kendall Brown and now Killian Hayes. Also picking up three rebounds, two assists, and a steal,
Etienne led the team in scoring with 32 points. He did all of this as he continued his audition. With rumors running rampant recently about Etienne switching agents and getting close to an NBA contract, he continues playing for just that: an NBA team to take notice. He connected on 12 of his 22 shots, hitting four out of his 10 from beyond the arc.
As for Timme, he’s continuing to make a case for why he could very well be one of the best big men in all of the NBA G-League. Timme picked up a new career-high in points today, finishing the game with 31. He connected on nine of his 18 shots, including hitting two of his five shots from deep.
Timme, who is usually a double-double machine, also finished the game with eight rebounds and six assists. He came very close to a triple-double, a feat he has hit two other times this season with Long Island, so far.
Oshae Brissett played his best game as a Net so far, finishing the game with 18 points. Tosan Evbuomwan, in Long Island to preserve his two-way dates, picked up 17 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Despite very good play as of late, Terry Roberts had a game he would like to forget as soon as possible. Not only did he pick up just four points on eight attempts, he also turned the ball over five times, including two very costly turnovers late in the game, which solidified the Texas win.
The first quarter was very hot-and-cold for Long Island. Despite shooting the ball pretty well, they turned the ball over six times, leading to a lot of unanswered points for Texas. Texas took a five-point lead to the second. In the second, Long Island outscored Texas, 35-24, leading to Long Island taking a six-point lead into the half.
Both teams played well in the third quarter, however, Texas played slightly better, outscoring Long Island by just one point, 27-26. The fourth quarter is where it all fell apart for Long Island. They were outscored by Texas, 36-27, and picked up a lot of careless turnovers, which led to Texas putting the dagger in this one, winning the game by four.
Long Island (11-13) is 10th in the East. They’ll have to pass four teams in 13 games to get to the sixth spot.
Next Up
With not much time left in the regular season, the Long Island Nets look to get back in the win column and make their post-season push when they travel to Indiana to face off with the Indiana Mad Ants. The game tips off at 12:30 p.m. ET and can be viewed on ESPN+.
Boxscore: Texas Legends 122, Long Island Nets 118 - G League
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