Long Island native Billy Joel has sung about a “New York State of Mind” for more than 40 years since releasing the hit single in 1976. But the state of mind for the Brooklyn Nets and their fans is absolutely unprintable Wednesday night after yet another inexplicable late-game collapse.
Brooklyn blew a 20-point fourth-quarter lead and with a series of late-game mental errors managed to lose its eighth straight game, a 114-112 decision to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Barclays Center.
In the second half, Oklahoma City led for exactly 3.1 seconds … the last 3.