Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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The Nets had to play without their leading scorer Saturday, as Michael Porter Jr. sat on the bench in street clothes.
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Jr. → have → clothes
He watched his team take a 129-110 beating in Memphis at FedExForum.
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team → watch → FedExForum
Porter wasn’t injured but was a healthy scratch for personal reasons.
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Porter → injure → reasons
Two sources — one a team source and another close to the player — said the issue was believed to be resolved and Porter shouldn’t miss extended time.
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Porter → say → time
When asked if he had a timeline for Porter’s return, Nets coach Jordi Fernández said, “No.
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Fernández → ask → return
We want to give him his privacy.
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We → want → privacy
Everything is fine, so we’re happy that he was here.”
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he → ’re → ?
Initially listed as questionable, Porter was ruled out an hour before tipoff.
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Porter → list → tipoff
“A personal situation came up as we were coming to the arena.
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we → come → arena
So that’s why it was announced late,” Fernández said.
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Fernández → ’ → ?
Porter is averaging a team-high 21.5 points on 45.6 percent shooting and 37.5 percent from deep.
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Porter → average → deep
An Eastern Conference scout who spoke with The Post pointed out how easy the Nets are to defend without his unblockable shot.
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Nets → speak → shot
Julius Randle — Brooklyn’s other proven veteran scorer — said others simply have to pick up the slack.
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others → say → slack
“Everybody has to step in and chip in.
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Everybody → have → ?
It’s not just one person,” Randle said.
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Randle → ’ → ?
“So we’ve all got to step up and chip in and do it collectively as a unit.
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we → get → unit
Day’Ron Sharpe (16 points, 11 rebounds, five assists) had his third double-double of the season already.
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Sharpe → have → season
Fernández handed Noah Clowney the start at small forward for Porter.
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Fernández → hand → Porter
This was the first time any NBA team had started a lineup of players all 6-foot-9 or taller since the Los Angeles Lakers had done so April 21, 1990.
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Lakers → start → players
Mikel Brown Jr. and Nolan Traore both returned after having missed the blowout win in New Orleans three nights earlier.
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Jr. → return → Orleans
It marked just the third game that the Nets have had Dëmin, Brown and Traore together.
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Nets → mark → Dëmin
Fernández said Brown is still on his minutes limit.
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Brown → say → limit
With Wolf still starting at two-guard, Brown and Traore logged just 19 minutes each.
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Brown → start → minutes
The Nets got thrown into travel chaos Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground every flight nationwide for four hours.
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Nets → throw → hours
They were already set to board their flight but had to stay overnight in New Orleans and fly to Memphis at 9 a.m.
“Yeah, obviously it was something that we couldn’t control,” Fernández said.
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Fernández → set → that
We had good rest and got here [Saturday] morning and did our walk-through, and probably [would have] gone to the gym, but we were not able to.
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we → have → gym
And I think we feel good and ready to go.”
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we → think → ?