The numbers came back Monday night — 24 points, six assists, four rebounds — but Nets coach Kenny Atkinson saw more than just that from Caris LeVert.
“From an athletic standpoint, No. 1, and then the confidence,” Atkinson said Tuesday. “Those two things going hand in hand, it was by far his best game. I think the game before he was pretty good, too, but man, if we can get him doing this, I really like our improvement elevation with him getting back to where he was at the beginning of the season. It would be huge.”
The timing couldn’t be better for LeVert, now 22 games back from missing three months with a dislocated foot, as the Nets try to squeeze into the playoffs with four games left — beginning Wednesday against the Raptors at Barclays Center, a potential playoff preview.