Congrats to Long Island Nets’ Theo Pinson nominated to the Midseason All-NBA G League Team

The NBA’s official minor league is recognizing its top performers by naming the Midseason All-NBA G League Teams. NBA G League coaches, general managers and players voted on the top performers from the first half of the season from their respective conferences, based on the performance of players in games through January 22, 2019.

Eligibility for players to be selected for recognition is based on having played in 50 percent of their team’s games through January 22nd and being on an Active Roster. Two-Way players and players on assignment from the NBA are eligible to both vote for and receive Midseason All-NBA G League recognition.


 


Check out Some highlights from the 2-way Brooklyn/Long Island Nets Pinson in this video below. 

 


Today The Nets Take on The Grand Rapids Drive at Home…You Coming?

It’s Hump Day and you’re probably thinking…

“Do I really want to go to work today?”

Well we’ve got the ideal mental health day. play hookie and bring the kids too, to NYCB Live with the Nets as they take on the Grand Rapids Drive!

 

 

 

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PINSON, NETS CUT DOWN RED CLAWS

 

Portland, ME – January 10, 2019 – The Maine Red Claws, presented by Unum, went up against a career night for Theo Pinson and lost at home to an undermanned Long Island Nets team Thursday night, 121-109.

 

Long Island (17-6) was led by Pinson, who finished with a career high 43 points on 17-29 shooting, including 7-13 from downtown. Okaro White was the next highest scorer for the Nets with 17 points, while Kamari Murphy added 16 points. Tahjere McCall and Shannon Scott scored 12 points each in the win, while Thomas Wimbush recorded a 10 point-10 rebound double-double.

 

Maine (8-16) was led by Boston Celtics Two-Way Player P.J. Dozier, who finished with 28 points and 6 assists. Archie Goodwin added 24 points off the bench to go with 9 rebounds. Justin Bibbs dropped in 20 points, and  Andrew White scored 17 points. Nick King added 10 points in the loss.

 

Dozier started the scoring for Maine, dropping in the team’s first field goal attempt. Dozier followed that up with a three-pointer, but Okaro White’s alley-oop slam gave the Nets an 8-5 early lead. Bibbs buried a three, but Kamari Murphy answered with a trey of his own. Theo Pinson buried 3 three-pointers in a row to swell the Long Island lead to 24-12. Pinson’s hot streak continued – scoring 14 consecutive points  Long Island went on a 16-0 and 26-2 run, taking a 37-14 lead after 1. The Nets shot 60% from the field, with Pinson scoring 14 points.

 

Goodwin and Dozier opened the 2nd quarter with two quick baskets. Pinson continued to be red hot for the Nets, but Andrew White scored 2 consecutive baskets to cut the deficit to 14. Okaro White and the Nets got it back out to 19 before White nailed another jumper. Dozier hit a bucket late in the quarter, but Pinson’s 30 first half points gave Long Island a 69-51 lead. Pinson was 11-16 from the floor, including 6-7 from three-point range. Dozier and White led Maine with 17 points each. Long Island shot 58.1% (25-43) from the floor, while Maine shot 48.9% (22.45).

 

In the 3rd, Brown and Bibbs got hot from the outside, quickly cutting the deficit to 12. Dozier buried a three to get it to single digits at 73-64. Pinson stopped the run with a deep three. Wimbush’s corner trey extended the Nets lead to 84-69. Drew Gordon knocked in a three as the Nets extended the lead back to 21. A pair of Nick King buckets got it closer late, but Long Island led 93-80 after 3.

 

Pinson opened the 4th with a contested lay-up. Goodwin made a lay-up to cut it to 96-86. Bibbs made it an 8 point game on the next possession. From there, Long Island went on a 12-0 run to re-gain control. Pinson got it to a 20 point lead before Bibbs hit back-to-back three’s and Goodwin’s lay-up cut it quickly to 12. Pinson, Wimbush and the Nets answered to put the game away for good.

 

The Red Claws actually finished up out-shooting Long Island, shooting 52.8% (47-89) from the floor, 37.5% (12-32) from downtown and 3-12 from the free throw line. Long Island shot 51.8% (43-83) from the field, 40.6% (13-32) from three-point range and 22-29 from the charity stripe.

 

The next home game is January 16th vs Grand Rapids Drive!

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Long Island Nets vs Raptors 905 Tonight…Get Tix NOW!!

LONG ISLAND NETS GAME NIGHT VS. THE RAPTORS 905…TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!

 

Long Island will take on the Raptors 905 Tonight, at 7 p.m.

You can still get your tickets now!!

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Tickets will also be available at the door!

 

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how you heard about the game!

 

 

LONG ISLAND WINS HIGH SCORING MATINEE AGAINST WISCONSIN

LONG ISLAND (Dec. 4, 2018) – The Long Island Nets (8-3), the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, got back to their winning ways at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, defeating the Wisconsin Herd (1-11) 130-124 on Tuesday.

 

Brooklyn two-way guard/forward Theo Pinson led the Nets with 26 points and pitched in with six rebounds, six assists and two steals. Brooklyn guard/forward Dzanan Musa logged his first double-double of the season with 20 points and a career-high 10 rebounds along with an assist and a career-high four steals while on assignment with Long Island.

In front of a packed house, the Nets scored the first 16 points of the game and led by as many as 25 in a first quarter where they outscored the Herd 42-20.

 

The Nets led for the entire game, but Wisconsin began to chip away at the lead in the second quarter, cutting it down to 15 points at halftime, 71-56.

 

In the third, the Nets added to their lead, going up 22 points entering the final quarter, but Wisconsin would make it a game in the fourth, behind Christian Wood’s 17 points in the final period. A James Young layup with 14.9 seconds remaining cut this one to a one-possession game before Theo Pinson iced the game with clutch free throws down the stretch.

 

Wisconsin forward James Young led all scorers with 32 points and registered a double-double, adding 12 rebounds, two assists, four steals and two blocks. Milwaukee center Christian Wood scored 21 points and had nine rebounds, two assists and three blocks while on assignment with Wisconsin.

Congrats to the Long Island Nets’ player of the game Theo Pinson on his big game

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The Nets will travel to Canton on Thursday, 12/6, to face the Charge at 7 p.m. ET, while Wisconsin returns home to face off against the Raptors 905 on Friday, 12/7, at 8 p.m. ET.

The next home game for our Long Island Nets is on December 12th vs the Windy City Bulls.

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