Close but not enough.
The Nets were beaten by the Rockets, 114-107, Wednesday night. With the loss, Brooklyn falls to 9-3 on the road and dips to 17-8 on the young season. They remain first in the East as both the Bulls lost.
Brooklyn rolled the dice heading into the loss, resting Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge. In a game the Nets played from behind throughout, the team came close but couldn’t get over the hump with the weapons they had.
In his first trip back in front of a full crowd at Toyota Center, James Harden delivered a near triple-double performance of 25 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in 39 minutes of play.