Heading into Wednesday night, the Brooklyn Nets have lost three games against the Indiana Pacers by a combined 25 points, none more than the 12-point defeat on December 17. The Nets trailed by only seven points with less than five minutes to go, but the Pacers got the upper hand late.
The Nets, currently in a season-worse stretch of 10 losses in 11 games, are hopeful for any kind of a win, rather than a close loss, in the fourth match-up between the two Wednesday night, and they kind of have to be, because, what’s the alternative?