The Nets scorching streak apparently doesn’t apply in opposition to Washington.
Brooklyn blew a late lead in a 107-99 loss to the tanking Wizards at Capital One Area on Monday, their second defeat by the hands of the worst group in basketball.
Clinging to a 95-92 edge with 5:39 to play, the Nets gave up an 11-2 run and by no means recovered.
Brooklyn (21-36) got here in having received seven of 9, however bought completely outplayed by the NBA-worst Wizards.
They suffered their second loss to Washington this month, and noticed the Wizards snap a six-game dropping skid within the course of.
Mixed with Chicago handing Philadelphia an eighth straight defeat, the Nets dropped 1 ½ sport behind the Bulls for the ultimate Jap Convention play-in spot, however saved them one beneath the fading 76ers for the sixth spot within the draft lottery standings.
Ziaire Williams led the Nets with a team-high 19 factors and three steals, with Cam Johnson including 17.
The Nets got here out taking part in abysmal protection, falling behind by 14 factors proper out of the gate. Richaun Holmes’ operating dunk put the Nets right into a 21-7 gap simply 4:59 into the sport.
Coach Jordi Fernández had seen sufficient and known as a timeout and yanked his total beginning lineup off the ground. He had carried out a line change within the Olympics with Workforce Canada that didn’t work out, and he was roundly criticized for it.
A Trendon Watford and Tyrese Martin-led bench sparked a comeback, albeit a short-lived one.
Down 67-59 on the break, the Nets scored the primary seven factors of the second half to get inside one.
Then the Nets mounted a 20-7 run later within the third to grab the lead. Watford discovered Williams for a 3-pointer that put Brooklyn up 81-74 with 4:07 left.
However after the Nets allowed a 14-4 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters, the ultimate stanza was feisty.
Martin and Khris Middleton bought into it proper after the Washington guard missed a 3-pointer in entrance of the Nets bench.
The Nets had been clinging to a 95-92 edge, however gave up a 14-4 run to finish the sport.
Bilal Coulibaly put Washington forward with a layup. Then Jordan Poole (game-high 26) buried an extended right-wing 3-pointer to make it 101-97 with 2:38 to play. Poole’s 19-footer despatched the Nets scurrying for a timeout. But it surely didn’t assist.
