Kidd: We Were Out of Character for Game 4

“I thought this was out of character for us,” coach Jason Kidd said.

Actually, this is absolutely in character. So many times this year the Nets would follow up a feel-good win with a head-scratching loss and there would always be an excuse: This guy was resting, we’re managing the regular season, we’re saving our bullets for the playoffs. Again: The Spurs can do that. The Heat can do that. As recently as last year, the Celtics of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett could do that.

Now? Now this is Pierce, talking about experience after the Raptors outplayed them down the stretch for a third straight game: “Just because you’re young doesn’t mean you can’t play.”

via Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post.