The Brooklyn Nets landed in Charlotte with a ton of momentum. Just not the positive kind.
It took Brooklyn less than one week to squander the ground covered by their vitalizing two-game sweep of the Atlanta Hawks. After two losses to the cellar-dwelling Memphis Grizzlies and the Detroit Pistons, the Nets fell four games behind Atlanta for the East’s final Play-In Tournament spot.
“We just have to go in and take the win,” said Head Coach Kevin Ollie of Brooklyn’s contest against the mildly-improved-but-still-bad Hornets, understandably preferring to keep his thoughts on the state of his squad brief.