In the moments after the Nets somehow let Saturday night’s game against the Warriors slip through their fingers, everyone still was trying to find a way to process what had happened.
But as the team collected its thoughts in the visitor’s locker room at Oracle Arena before taking the long cross-country flight home, a consensus began to form: Despite the 1-9 record the Nets have posted through their opening 10 games, there are some reasons for optimism.
“I hate to lose, obviously,” Joe Johnson said.