Brooklyn is in a bit of a crisis and the loss to the Blazers has confirmed it. Without Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Norman Powell and Larry Nance Jr, Portland beat Brooklyn 114-108 and the loss leaves one of the favorites to fight for the championship in a bad way.
awkward streak
Despite getting Kyrie Irving back, at least for visiting games, the Nets haven’t started 2022 plugged in. While it’s true that they didn’t have James Harden against the Blazers, that shouldn’t be an excuse. After beating the Clippers on January 1, the Brooklynites have accumulated five losses for only two wins.
That has cost them losing the number one spot in the conference and now staying 2 games behind Chicago and only having a half-game lead over Miami.
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Playing at home has not been something to celebrate this season as their record at Barclays Center is 11-10, things are different when they go on tour, as they are the best with a 14-4 record.
This week, the Nets will visit the Bulls and then host Oklahoma City and the Pelicans, we’ll see if they can get out of the rut they’ve gotten into, which, although it’s not to set off alarms, does make one of the teams restless singled out to win the title.
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