The Nets competed with the Cleveland Cavaliers for about 46 minutes on Tuesday night. The question entering Thursday: How would they handle the 18-43 Sacramento Kings?
Not well.
“Should-win” games are not in your vocabulary when you’re 20-41. They were 1-9 in the last 10. At this point, a win in any way is a good win for the Nets, but it never happened.
No excuses.
FINAL: Kings 116, Nets 111.
It was a six-point Nets lead entering the fourth, but the Kings turned things around immediately following a 15-3 run, six-point lead.