The sit at 9-9, but the highs and lows of the adolescent season have left fans feeling anything but average. Just in the past two weeks, Brooklyn’s first three-game losing streak was immediately followed by a three-game winning streak. A fourth straight ‘W’ was a lock on paper, facing a Charlotte Hornets team without their leading man, LaMelo Ball.
Well, aided by some porous Brooklyn defense, the Hornets shot a blistering 58.3% from deep in the Barclays Center on the way to a 129-128 victory. It was a shootout, to be sure, and an entertaining one at that.