Second to None: Nets’ backups continue to thrive as Brooklyn wins fifth straight
Send in the reserves!
While it’s not quite as stirring a rallying cry as the “Brook-lyn!” chants that have become all the rave at the Barclays Center during this historic inaugural season in our fair borough, the Nets have called upon the backups to make a big difference during their current five-game winning streak.
Never was that signal for the second unit more necessary than Sunday evening in Sacramento, when coach Avery Johnson’s surging team used a combined 36 points on 16-of-18 shooting from Andray Blatche and MarShon Brooks to beat the overmatched Kings 99-90.