New Headline: Nurse's Epic Six-Game Triumph Surpasses Nets' 125-109 Loss
Coach Nick Nurse and the Philadelphia 76ers explain the rough fourth quarter and rallying to beat the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon.
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers looked like they were going to cruise to an easy one on Saturday. They led the lowly Brooklyn Nets by 28 and looked like they were going to just put this one away early and get the job done at home. However, this is the NBA.
It doesn't matter that the Nets have had a tough season and were missing their top guys. It didn't matter that Philadelphia led by 28. These guys are talented and the Nets rallied and took their first lead of the day on a Tyson Etienne triple with 3:23 left.
It looked like the Sixers were headed for a disheartening loss, but they were able to pull together and rally for a 104-97 win despite being outscored in the fourth 41-27. "I think the story of the game was energy, and we had a ton of it the first half, obviously, and they came out the second half, I thought with a lot and it was noticeably different, you know? " said coach Nick Nurse after the win.
"That, obviously, turned the game around. We had a hard time in the fourth keeping the ball in front of us, which wasn't the case at all in the first half, right? " To Nurse's point, the Sixers held the Nets to just 31 points at halftime and 26.