Cooke does well

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

The wrapup seems to back up Cooke getting the rebounds and doing well....

<For the second time in a month, the New Jersey Nets finished second to the 
San Antonio Spurs. Last month it was in the NBA Finals. This time it was at the 
Reebok Pro Summer League. Donny Marshall led a balanced scoring attack 
leading the Nets to an 82-67 win over the Boston Celtics (2-4) at the Reebok Pro 
Summer League, giving them second place in the league standings with a 5-1 
record, behind only the Spurs who finished the week at 6-0. 

The Nets led from wire to wire and put this game away early with a 14-4 run 
early in the first quarter. Brian Scalabrine had 8 of his 15 points during the 
run, which turned a tie game into a 20-10 New Jersey lead. Another spurt by 
the Nets, this one early in the second quarter, put the game away. New Jersey 
outscored the Celtics 20-5 during a 5:41 span. Scalabrine and Tamar Slay each 
had five points during the run and Ace Custis added a three-pointer and, at the 
2:08 mark of the quarter, the Nets had double the Celtics score, 46-23 before 
taking a 48-30 lead at the half. 

Boston cut into the New Jersey lead in the third quarter. Brandon Hunter 
scored 9 of his 15 points and Lenny Cooke, getting his first start of the week, 
scored 6 of his 14 points in the quarter, as the Celtics trailed by just 11 
points entering the fourth quarter. But the Celtics could get no closer. Marshall 
went 4-for-6, including 2-for-4 from three-point range in the fourth quarter 
and the Nets expanded their lead to as many as 18 points before settling for 
the 15 point win. 

Marshall, one of the leaguebs top scorers averaging 20.0 points per game, had 
21 for the Nets. Zoran Planinic (16 points) Scalabrine, and Tamar Slay (10 
points) also hit for double-figures for New Jersey. Kedrick Brown led the 
Celtics with 17 points, while Cooke playing his best game of the week added 13 
rebounds from the backcourt, to his 14 points. 

Although the Celticsb record did not reflect it, they got strong performances 
from several players. Brown averaged 17.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, 
Hunter averaged 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds and Banks scored 15.5 points and 
6.2 assists per game. New Jerseybs Brian Scalabrine proved to be one of the 
best all-around players in the league, averaging 14.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 
4.0 assists per game. >