Lopez playing catch-up with Atkinson’s plan
All-Star Center Sees Limited Action in Nets’ Season-Opening Loss
The Nets fought and scrapped and stayed in the fight as long as they could during Wednesday night’s season opener in Boston.
And did so without anything resembling a strong contribution from former All-Star center Brook Lopez.
The longest-tenured Net, and by far Brooklyn’s best player from a season ago, continued to struggle in new head coach Kenny Atkinson’s motion offense as our borough’s NBA franchise suffered a 122-117 loss to the Celtics in front of a sellout crowd of 18,624 at TD Garden.