The Brooklyn Nets trail the Toronto Raptors 3-2 in their best-of-seven first round series of the NBA Playoffs, but Paul Pierce believes that Brooklyn will win Game 6 at home to force a Game 7 back in Toronto, and he doesn't have any doubts.
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Pierce said there is no doubt that the Nets will win Game 6 at home in the Barclays Center and force a decisive Game 7 in Toronto where he believes they'll take the series.
"Without a doubt," Pierce said in the visitors' locker room at the Air Canada Centre about his team winning the next two contests, according to ESPN. "One game at a time, we got to take care of home. I think we will play better on Friday at home and we'll see them back here Sunday."
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Deron Williams has had an up-and-down series, averaging 23 points a game in the two games that the Nets have won in this series while he scored just three points in Brooklyn's 115-113 loss in Game 5.
"We just got to play with a sense of urgency," Williams said of the Nets bringing their best play to Game 6 at home via ESPN. "We have to now. If we lose, we're done."
Nets coach Jason Kidd bashed the officiating following Game 5, by venting about how Joe Johnson took 23 shots in Game 5 and only received one free throw while Raptors players Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan reached the free throw line a combined 23 times.
"If flopping is the way to go, then we have to maybe play that game," Kidd said per ESPN "But Joe is a strong individual and unfortunately, he doesn't flop. He plays and he doesn't complain. But that's why we have officials, for them to make calls."
The Nets and Raptors tip-off for Game 6 at the Barclays Center Friday night. While the season is on the line, if Pierce's confidence is any indication, Brooklyn could very well be playing on Sunday in Toronto for their second Game 7 in as many years.
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