The odds were stacked against the shorthanded Nets.
Without James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin, the Nets suffered a blowout loss to the Jazz, 118-88 in Salt Lake City. With the loss, Brooklyn falls to 30-15 on the season and sits 2.0 games back from the first seed Sixers. The loss also snaps the Nets franchise-record nine-game West Coast road winning streak.
The Nets became the last NBA team to lose a game by 20 points or more.
Despite losing by 30 and trailing by 20+ for a majority of the contest, the game turned into a great opportunity for the role players .