The Brooklyn Nets took a 62-52 lead into half-time on the final leg of their five-game road trip against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but it didn’t really feel like they had the game in hand. OKC star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had missed three gimme-layups and still had 17 points after 24 minutes. His Australian backcourt mate, Josh Giddey, was also living in the paint; the two of them were getting wherever they wanted, as they often do:
Nets are winning, but their hedging against ball-screens as a team has been pretty poor so far, allowing constant penetration to the rim.