While Noah Clowney, Jalen Wilson and Keon Johnson sat on the bench at Barclays Center and Dariq Whitehead rehabbing his shin splints, the Long Island Nets were down to nine points Thursday night at Nassau Coliseum.
No problem. A collection of G League vets and rookies took revenge on the Motor City Cruise after a one-point loss Tuesday, beating the Detroit Pistons affiliate, 117-114. They are now 8-5 in the regular season and 17-12 including the G League Showcase, a half game out of first in the Eastern Conference.
Kyler Edwards, Long Island’s 6’4” shooting guard, picked up the scoring slack for his missing teammates and more, finishing with 38 points in 36 minutes and hitting the winning shot, one of his four 3-pointers, with three and a half seconds left in the game.