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Nets suffer another crushing last second loss to Minnesota

 Mikal Bridges had two free throws to tie the game with 2.4 seconds remaining, but couldn't deliver.The Nets top scorer missed the first attempt and intentionally missed the second with Brooklyn down 96-94. A lane violation by Dorian Finney-Smith and failure to foul on the ensuing position was...

Nets are a rudderless ship with no captain in sight

 Who is the leader of the 2023-24 Brooklyn Nets?It isn't Spencer Dinwiddie, whose minutes have been shrinking, and body language is showing signs of frustration with limited playing time. The same can be said for Cam Thomas, whose answers with the media are becoming shorter by the day as he...

Nets do unthinkable, blow 18-point lead to Clippers

 The Brooklyn Nets were in full control of the Los Angeles Clippers until they weren't. After building a 18-point lead with seconds left in the third quarter, Brooklyn watched that advantage not not only evaporate, but eventually turned it into an 11-point Los Angeles win. Mikal Bridges...

The Nets have a great coach on staff, but it's not Jacque Vaughn

Jacque Vaughn may have signed a multi-year extension less than a year ago on February 21, 2023, but early returns for his tenure as head coach have been less than promising. Yes, Vaughn was head man when the Nets won 12 straight games last season , including an 18 -2 stretch with Kevin Durant and...

Nets are officially in tailspin mode after last second loss to Blazers

 If the regular season ended today, the Brooklyn Nets would not only be out of the playoffs, but out of the play-in game all together. That's how far this team has fallen after a promising 13-10 start to the season, rife with surprise performances and team-centric basketball. Since that point,...

Nets suffer ugly loss on foreign soil to Cavs in Paris

 Donovan Mitchell stole the show in the NBA's Paris Game 2024 with 45 points, 12 rebounds and six assists as the Cavaliers cruised to a 111-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Once again, the Nets were lackluster offensively with careless turnovers, poor shot selection and lack of ball movement...

Nets loss to lowly Blazers signals selling season is upon us

 The Brooklyn Nets lost yet another game to an NBA bottom feeder in the Portland Trailblazers on Friday night. Mikal Bridges came up clutch with a game tying basket with just seconds remaining in the fourth quarter but Malcolm Brogdon drained a pair of threes that put Portland ahead for good...

Nets snap five-game losing streak with shocking win over Thunder

 The Brooklyn Nets led by as many as 32 points on Friday night at Barclays Center against Oklahoma City before surviving with a 9-point victory. The Nets losing streak ended at five games as Nic Claxton and Spencer Dinwiddie added 23 apiece. Cam Thomas chipped in 19 and Mikal Bridges 17. Brooklyn...

NBA cracks down on Nets for resting healthy players against Bucks

 The NBA handed down a $100K fine to the Brooklyn Nets for resting four rotational players in a narrow loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on December 29.Brooklyn rested Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith and Nic Claxton, while Mikal Bridges played just 12 minutes to extend his consecutive games streak. The...

Nets in danger of falling out of playoff race after fifth straight loss

 The Brooklyn Nets are falling fast. Jacque Vaughn is pushing all the wrong buttons as leading scorers Cam Thomas and Mikal Bridges are both mired in shooting slumps.Brooklyn's 3-point shooting has gone down the tubes and its perimeter defense is nowhere to be found.The answers may not be on this...

Nets lose by season-high 37 to Pelicans

 There's no sleep in Brooklyn for Jacque Vaughn as his seat is getting hotter with each passing day and as the losses pile up.The Nets are now 3-10 over their last 13 games and another heartless effort on Tuesday created more turmoil in Nets World.Brooklyn had an off shooting night at 25.6 percent...

Nets reach new low point after loss to lowly Wizards

 Jacque Vaughn made some tweaks to the Nets starting lineup on Friday night by sending Cam Thomas to the bench and Dorian Finney-Smith to the first five.That move backfired as Brooklyn lost 110-104 to Washington (6-25). It's been a tumultuous week for Brooklyn as it rested its starters on...

Nets should be ashamed for punting on Milwaukee game

 Load management is alive and well in the NBA. On Wednesday night, the Nets sat the majority of their starters, while Cam Thomas and Mikal Bridges played just 12 minutes.The Nets were in a dogfight with Milwaukee in the second half, but the organization called off the dogs before the game by sitting...

Nets snap losing streak by keeping Pistons historic skid intact

 The Brooklyn Nets breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday night at Barclays Center as they outlasted a reeling Detroit Pistons squad 126-115.The Nets had lost five straight heading in to last night's contest while Detroit had lost 25 straight and was looking to avoid tying the longest losing streak...

Knicks down Nets as Bridges has historically woeful shooting night

The normally friendly confines of Barclays Center was a house of horrors for Mikal Bridges, who shot 4 of 21 from the field, including 1 of 8 from 3pt range in a 19 point drubbing at the hands of the Knicks on Wednesday night.Brooklyn shot just 36.6 percent as a team with Cam Thomas and Cam Johnson...

Durant's boneheaded foul seals Nets win in Suns Big 3 debut

 The Brooklyn Nets got the revenge that many fans are hoping for on Wednesday night against Kevin Durant and his new team the Phoenix Suns. Much Durant's ime in Brooklyn, Phoenix has been unable to stay healthy with Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal  finally all seeing the court together. Spencer...

Kevin Durant faces Nets for first time since demanding trade

 Kevin Durant had a chance to go down as a Nets legend and rewrite the history books by bringing the franchise its first NBA title.Instead, Durant's tenure with the club became just another disappointing chapter in the history of the Nets.Had Durant shown more leadership when the locker room was...

Nets electric scorer mired in shooting slump since return from injury

 Cam Thomas is a walking bucket. So when the Nets second year guard is struggling finding his stroke, it begs the question: what's wrong?In his four games since returning from an ankle sprain, Thomas has shot 7 of 23 for 20 points, 3 of 10 for 7 points, 7 of 19 for 17 points and 7 of 20 for 19...

Former Net escapes scary injury with minimal damage

Mention Kyrie Irving and foot injury to a Brooklyn Nets fan and they will immediately hang their head in frustration. Of course, their thoughts will immediately go to the Game 4 in the second round of the 2021 NBA playoffs  injury when Giannis Antetokuonmpo slide under Irving on a layup...

Nets shockingly lead all NBA teams in this statistical category

 When you think of the Brooklyn Nets, you probably think of a gritty team full of selfless players who are overachieving through 20 games this year. Led by Mikal Bridges and Cam Thomas, the Nets have a fun, up-tempo style of play that makes heads turn and lights up the scoreboard. An overlooked...
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