NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets came into Thursday on a three-game winning streak thanks to how well they were playing on both ends of the floor. However, Thursday showed that Brooklyn still has a ways to go as far as its defense is concerned.
“Yeah, I think that all started early,” Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn said of his team’s porous defense following Thursday’s 129-128 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Brooklyn allowed a Charlotte team who had scored just 91 points in its last game to pass that number early in the third quarter due to passive defense.