Brooklyn lead by as many as 12 points, but once again an offensively stagnant fourth quarter doomed them in the end.
Chicago outscored the Nets 34-18 in the final frame Cam Thomas tallied the first double-double of his career with 24 points and 10 assists, Tyrese Martin added 19 and Nic Claxton chipped in 18.
The Nets likely waived goodbye to their likelihood of putting a scare into the Bulls for the final play-in spot.
The Nets take on Boston Saturday night back at Barclays Center.
Without LeBron James, Rui Hachimura, Dorian Finney-Smith and Max Christie, the Nets capitalized on an advantageous situation and escaped with a 111-108 victory on Monday night.
Luka Doncic had 22, but without much of their offensive and defensive firepower, the Lakers came up short.
Noah Clowney paced Brooklyn with 19 and Keon Johnson added 18.
Brooklyn finally snapped an elongated 17 game losing streak to pull back to within five losses back of Chicago for the final play-in spot.
No rest for the wicked as Brooklyn travels to Cleveland tomorrow night.
The Nets had not allowed a 40-point scorer all season, until Thursday.
Curry lit up a Barclays Center crowd that was filled with blue and gold No. 30 jerseys.
Despite leading 35-15 after the first quarter, the Warriors outscored Brooklyn 40-25 in the second to climb back into it. Curry capped the first half surge by sinking a half court buzzer beater.
The Warriors nearly gave the game up in the end with lackluster plays and turnovers but ultimately survived the Nets late-game charge.
Cam Johnson led the Nets with 26 and Cam Thomas 23 in the losing effort.
Cam Thomas had 24 end Cam Johnson 17 as Brooklyn fell to San Antonio.
The Spurs shot 54.7 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from 3-point range.
Without Webmanyama, San Antonio scored 62 points in the paint and were led by Devin Vassell's 37.
Brooklyn dropped its fifth in a row and will look to get right on Thursday back home at Barclay Center against the Golden State Warriors.
Tyrese Martin led all Nets scorers with 23 points in Detroit on Saturday night as they fell by 21 points.
Brooklyn looked mostly listless except for a strong run in the third quarter When they outscored the Pistons 34-19 to to take a huge chunk out of the deficit and make it a six-point game.
From there, Cade Cunningham and company took over.
Brooklyn travels to San Antonio on Tuesday night to take on De'Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs.
Cam Thomas returned to the lineup for Brooklyn, but that did not result in the Nets producing a win. Thomas dumped in 16 points as did Nic Claxton and Killian Hayes, but it wasn't enough.
The Nets shot an abysmal 7 of 29 from three-point range.
The lead was cut to a single figure deficit after three quarters of play, but then Brooklyn was outscored 30-20 in the final frame.
The Nets take on the red-hot Pistons on Saturday night. Looking to get back on the winning track.
The Nets jumped out to a 30-12 first quarter lead in what many thought would be a cushion that would likely vanish sooner than later.
Surprisingly, Brooklyn maintained a sizeable advantage of 76-61 at the halftime buzzer.
By the end of the third quarter, the Thunder trailed 96-90. If was in the final frame where the real headway was made for Oklahoma City where it outscored Brooklyn, 39-25.
Nic Claxton was suspended for Wednesday's game after collecting his sixth technical foul of the season on Monday at the Wizards. Day'Ron Sharpe started in his place and enjoyed a monster game with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, while shooting 8 of 10 from the field and 2 of 3 from 3-point range.
The Nets set a new franchise record with 61 attempts from beyond the arc. Killian Hayes had a breakout game with 19 points and 7 assists and Cam Johnson tallied the exact same stat line.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the charge for the Thunder with 27 and Aaron Wiggins added 24.
The Nets host the Trailblazers Friday looking to snap a two game skid and climb closer to the final play-in spot as they trail Chicago by 1.5 games.
The Washington Wizards have been the Nets' kryptonite this season. Brooklyn has lost both meetings with the NBA's worst team record-wise.
Jordan Poole carved up the Nets defense on Monday with 26 points, while Bilal Coulibaly added 20. Zaire Williams paced Brooklyn with 19 and Cam Johnson dumped in 17.
In his second game since being called-up from the G-league's Long Island Nets, Killian Hayes scored 7 points and dished out eight assists.
Brooklyn shot a dismal 39.3 percent from the field and largely failed to capitalize on Washington's whopping 24 turnovers.
The Nets lead 97-96 with 3:14 remaining in the game and were outscored 11-2 for the rest of the contest.
Brooklyn lost yet again to the team with the worst record in the NBA and on Wednesday will welcome the team with the league's second -best record, the Oklahoma City Thunder, to Barclays.
If the Brooklyn Nets were supposed to be losing this season, they're doing a bad job of it lately.
Nic Claxton's put back sealed a victory for Brooklyn in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
Playing without D'Angelo Russell, Brooklyn didn't miss a beat against the 76ers. Cam Johnson led the way with 23 points, while Claxton added 19 points and six boards.
The Nets shot just 7 of 28 from 3-point range in the City of Brotherly Love, but still earned their seventh win in nine tries.
Brooklyn is now tied in the loss column with Chicago for the final play-in spot.
The pro-tanking crowd is shrinking back into their caves, while the Nets are facing the NBA league worst Wizards in the Nation's capital on Monday looking to move further to the Eastern Conference standings.
