NEW YORK — Warriors head coach Steve Kerr tried to downplay Jacque Vaughn’s importance to the Nets’ success in recent weeks.
Success that continued with Brooklyn’s unpacking of a severely short-handed Golden State roster via a 143-113 rout that extended the Nets’ winning streak to seven games and 18 wins in their last 24 outings on Wednesday night, a mark that correlates with Steve Nash’s dismissal and Vaughn’s promotion.
Kerr said Brooklyn’s stretch has been almost unequivocally due to the team getting healthy and not a consequence of the Nets’ midseason coaching change that sent Kerr’s good friend Nash out the door.
