Last week for Nets is a reminder of the unpredictability of the NBA.
They defeated Rocket, one of the league's best teams. Without Cam Johnson, less.
Then after he returned, they humiliated the worst team in basketball.
February 5, 2025. Jason Sennes of the New York Post
The net went on a 119-102 defeat at the hands of a wizard living in the cellar before a crowd of 16,035 at Barclays Center on Wednesday night.
The pro tankers in the crowd were certainly pleased with this.
The net snapped the season-best three-game winning streak and dumped what should have been a fairly easy victory over the miserable wizard (9-41).
The net, which tracked just five times almost midway through the third quarter, admitted his fourth 21-3 extra run.
This was the Washington team who traded Kyle Kuzma and Jonas Valanschnas on Wednesday, but did not have an alternative to All-Star Forwards Fris Middleton and Sidi Sissoko in suits at Barclays Center. To for.
In short, it was shocking.
Keon Johnson led the net with a game-high 25 points and six rebounds, but 54.3% shots and 20 of 43 allowed the shooting from behind the ARC.
The net allowed the wizard to slice the defense. Washington handed out 40 assists and Bilal Coulibaly posted a triple double (11 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds).
Johnson (ankle) and Dayron Sharp (hamstring) both play despite being linked in trade rumors, indicating that they will not go anywhere with a deadline of 3pm on Thursday.
Sharp recorded a layup and pulled the net within 75-70 with 5:32 left in the third quarter. However, the net gave up on the 21-3 blitz. Bub Carrington capped the run with a three-pointer and left the net on the 96-73 hole at 10:17.
Johnson finished with 17, but the net followed by 25 points and didn't run.
