Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd said he began simplifying things on the defensive end "a little bit" before the team's 90-82 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Dec. 7. The Nets (9-15) were coming off back-to-back blowout losses at the hands of the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks prior to that. Since then, they have won four of their last five games. "That's as good as it gets when you simplify things and guys have bought in and guys are doing it at a high level right now," Kidd said. The Nets were 5-12 when Kidd decided to reassign defensive coordinator/lead assistant Lawrence Frank to doing "daily reports." They struggled on the defensive end in their first two games without Frank, yielding 224 total points. Source: ESPN New York
