SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Unlike most of the NBA’s bottom-feeders, the Nets are actually trying, not tanking. All they talk about is development and improvement. That’s what made Thursday’s loss to the Kings so damning.
The Nets faced the cellar-dwelling Kings, who even benched bruiser Zach Randolph in their desperate search for lottery pingpong balls. But with Sacramento (which came in tied with the idle Magic for the worst record in the NBA) trying to give a game away, the Nets still couldn’t take it, falling 116-111 in overtime at Golden1 Center.