Numbers tell story of Nets' resurgence - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Consider what they have accomplished during the four-game winning streak, which they put on the line against a defensive-minded Hawks team: <ul>[*]The Nets averaged 101 points on .460 shooting in those four victories over Washington, Milwaukee, Orlando and Charlotte. That's a considerable improvement from their seasonal norms (92.8, .435). [*]Their assist-to-turnover ratio, once a ghastly 20-to-16, has soared to 28-to-12.7 over the last four games. [*] They are winning fourth quarters again, by an average margin of 29.2 to 24.7. [*]Their stars are playing like stars, and piling up huge numbers. Vince Carter has averaged 23.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists during the streak; Jason Kidd is averaging 14.5 points, his usual 8.2 rebounds, and 11.7 assists. [*]It's little things. Such as: Darrell Armstrong has played 40 minutes in the four games, and in those 40 minutes, he has contributed 20 points, eight assists, four steals with only two turnovers. [*]And it's big things disguised as little things: Richard Jefferson has turned the ball over only nine times in the last four games, after averaging five giveaways in his five previous games.[/list] Bottom line? "We've gotten a whole lot more efficient, we've gotten stops in key places," said Lawrence Frank, whose team has rolled up 45 fastbreak points in the last two games. "The cause is, we're getting out in transition, and you feel a little bit better about yourself once you get easy baskets. We're getting a feel for how we want to play the game. We're making the game easier on each other. "That (101 ppg figure) is a direct result: The rim starts to look bigger, you're feeling better about yourselves, and everyone is kind of trying to do things on the same page instead of one guy doing his thing. We have more of a partnership and a cooperation."</div> Those are some good stats, especially the turnover and assist numbers. I definitely wanna keep seein that.
