They had plenty of chances, but the Nets just couldn’t get the job done.
Brooklyn lost to the second-seeded Sacramento Kings, 101-96 on Thursday night. It was the Nets’ second-straight loss and now head into Sunday to host the Western Conference’s number one seed, the Denver Nuggets. With the loss, Brooklyn is now behind the New York Knicks by 1.5 games in the battle for the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. Sacramento, meanwhile, clinched its first winning season since 2005-06 with the victory.
“I think what we talked about before the game is trying to put four quarters together.