The Nets ended their record road swing in a most embarrassing fashion, falling to an injury-riddled, cellar-dwelling 76ers team that had lost 13 straight. After coming out flat in that game, they only can hope finally returning home for the first time in three weeks will give them the edge they clearly were missing.
The Nets played nine straight games on the road, a team record. Sunday night’s 8 p.m. game against the Bucks will mark their first at Barclays Center since Feb. 21.
“It’s been a while,” forward Thaddeus Young said. “That was one of the things the Sixers players were saying: ‘We heard y’all have been on the road for a while.