Brooklyn Nets quotes: Nash, Durant, Harden and Bembry on win vs. Pistons

Ajayi Browne

November 1, 2021 at 12:15 PM·3 min read

Of course scary hours returned on Halloween for the Brooklyn Nets. In a battle against the Detroit Pistons, head coach Steve Nash guided his team to victory with the perfect game plan.

Brooklyn came out shooting lights out from the field and things stayed like that for pretty much the whole game, ending the contest shooting 65% from the field. The scoring machine Kevin Durant scored 23 points on three missed shots, James Harden controlled the floor with a triple-double and the Nets compiled 30 assists for a 26-point victory.

After the game, Nash, Harden, Durant and DeAndre’ Bembry sounded off on the team’s consecutive win.

“Me and Bruce (Brown) already have a connection.”
⁃James Harden on his chemistry with Bruce Brown.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“It’s getting there, I’m telling you … it’s getting real real good.”
⁃James Harden on his progress towards feeling like himself again.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

Steve Nash says,
“Overall we tried to play the right way — We turned it over a little bit too much but stuck with it.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

Steve Nash says,
“We have a lot to sort out still — It’s not easy when it’s a new group.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“He’s plays with pace, he an excellent cutter, he’s finishing really well — He was fantastic tonight.”
⁃Steve Nash on DeAndre’ Bembry.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“Just the confidence and rhythm and all that is coming — I knew I was going to have a slow start.”
⁃James Harden on his finding his rhythm after a slow start to the season.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

James Harden says,
“As games go on, we will continue to get better and be more efficient.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

James Harden also says,
“Steve (Nash) was trying to find different lineups — Guys just have to figure it out and play as we go on.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

James Harden says,
“We’ve shown some signs of a really good team. We’re nowhere near where we want to be.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“I tried to run through the screen. That was just a result of me trying to blow the screen up — It is what it is.”
⁃Kevin Durant on elbowing Kelly Olynyk, which led to his ejection.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“I felt like he was in good shape when he got into camp — It’s a matter of getting comfortable with the NBA game again.”
⁃Kevin Durant on James Harden finding his rhythm.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

Kevin Durant says,
“We got scorers in LaMarcus (Aldridge) and Patty Mills — DB (DeAndre’ Bembry), Bruce (Brown) and Jevon (Carter) are athletic quick guys that can play in space and are great defenders.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

Kevin Durant on James Harden,
“Tonight he made the right decisions — Just keep building, I know he has that same mindset.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“I told him I’m going to go back door for the lob — We talked about that before the play happened
⁃DeAndre’ Bembry on catching that huge alley-oop this game.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

DeAndre’ Bembry says,
“We want to really put some pressure off of the starters.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

“I was born with that. Having that type of IQ.”
⁃DeAndre’ Bembry on his ability to cut.
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) November 1, 2021

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