Kevin Garnett spent the days leading up to the Nets' Game 3 win over the Raptors imploring the crowd inside Barclays Center to show Toronto what Brooklyn is made of — especially in the wake of Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri's "F— Brooklyn" comments before Game 1.
But after practice Saturday ahead of Game 4 in Brooklyn on Sunday night, Garnett said the reception wasn't what he had hoped it would be.
"Could do better," he said. "I was expecting Brooklyn to be real hostile, New York style, knowing what it's like to come here as the opposition, so our crowd could do better.
"But they were there when they needed us and we fed off of them."
The crowd had the feel of a preseason or meaningless regular-season contest for much of the first half, before the final minutes, when a Paul Pierce dunk, Garnett diving on the floor for a loose ball and Deron Williams burying a jumper after crossing over Kyle Lowry got the sellout crowd of 17,732 onto its feet and into the game for the remainder.
"Yeah it was a little slow to start," Williams said with a smile. "Seven o'clock game on a Friday night in New York, that's tough.
"So hopefully it will be better come Sunday. But they definitely got into it and when we started making our little run, the crowd took over."
Because of their win Friday, which featured brilliant performances from both Deron Williams (22 points and eight assists) and Joe Johnson (29 points), the Nets now have a chance to take control of the series with a win Sunday.
After failing to close out Game 2 when they had a fourth quarter lead and then nearly letting a 15-point advantage slip away down the stretch of Game 3, they don't intend to let the opportunity get away.
"We've got to win this game," Williams said. "We need to protect home court, going up 3-1 is definitely a luxury and that's all we're concerned about right now."
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