“It will be good to get some of our soldiers back.”
That’s what Nic Claxton had to say after his Brooklyn Nets dropped their fifth-straight game on Wednesday night, finishing up a winless road trip against the Houston Rockets.
Claxton was referencing a couple of Brooklyn’s guards listed as PROBABLE for Friday’s home contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder who, when available, have brought a punch off the bench that the Nets clearly need every bit of. Dennis Smith Jr. has missed 15 games with back issues this season, but his absence in Houston broke a streak of seven straight appearances.