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After coming back from Philadelphia trailing their first-round playoff series 2-0, Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said the team wants more from Spencer Dinwiddie.
Make that the Nets need more from Dinwiddie, if they are to have any hope of getting back into this series by winning Game 3 on Thursday at Barclays Center.
“I think overall, his ability to get downhill, we want more from him. He understands that,” Vaughn said. “He’s got to continue to push the pace for us. He’s huge for us, and he knows it. We love him, we depend on him. He’s going to have the basketball back in his hands when we get back home, and he’ll continue to play and lead us.”
Almost from the moment Dinwiddie arrived from the Mavericks in the February trade that sent Kyrie Irving to Dallas — his second stint in Brooklyn — the veteran point guard has seamlessly stepped into the role of both a leader in the locker room and a general on the floor.
Nobody questions his locker room presence, but Dinwiddie must improve his on-court performance, specifically by being more aggressive in attacking the teeth of the 76ers’ defense.
Even he acknowledged as much after the Nets’ offensively challenged, 96-84 Game 2 loss at Wells Fargo Center, when they shot just 37.5 percent overall and went 13-for-42 from 3-point range.
