When you lose Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, you’re bound to take a step back. However, I’m not sure many pegged the new-look Brooklyn Nets to be losers of six of seven games since Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson arrived in the big Durant swap. A team once built on stars traded them in so they could add all-around talents in Bridges, Cam Johnson, Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith. So far, it’s just not working. It doesn’t help when you’ve spent that time facing some of the East’s best teams — Knicks twice, Sixers, and Bucks, but you should be able to take at least one of your road games against the Bulls and Hawks in that span.
ESPN Game Previews: Boston looks to enforce its dominance against Brooklyn
