TORONTO — The Raptors had the longest losing streak in the NBA.
Then the Nets showed them how losing is done.
Brooklyn was soundly outplayed by a Raptors team that played perhaps the worst basketball in the NBA, losing 130-113 in front of 19,104 at Scotiabank Arena.
Even D'Angelo Russell's 22 points and eight assists off the bench in his (second) Nets debut couldn't save them.
This is a loss that will make some fans who are happy with the tank very happy.
The Nets, who entered Wednesday with the seventh-worst record in the league, fell to 12 wins and 21 losses.
And they did it against a toothless tank Raptors team that looked like easy prey to everyone in the world.
Toronto (8-26) was overwhelmed by Boston 125-71, suffering an NBA worst 11-game losing streak.
This was the biggest loss in team history and the league's worst loss all season for any team.
The Raptors entered Wednesday having allowed 555 points and an average of 138.7 points per game over their last four games, the most points allowed in a four-game stretch since the Denver Nuggets in 1991.
That's a sad team that Brooklyn just routed.
But on the bright side, they are now within 4.5 seconds of the Raptors in the lottery standings and half a game behind Portland with the sixth-best odds.
Cam Johnson led the Nets with 24 points. Russell performed well despite virtually no practice time, but starting point guard Ben Simmons had a team-worst minus-18 points per game.
Scottie Barnes scored 33 points, and Toronto dominated inside in the late innings, helped by an injury to Nets starting power forward Noah Clowney.
It was Clowney who made a 3-pointer less than a minute into the second half to seal the game at 67-all.
However, the Nets allowed seven points and were unable to recover.
Barnes grabbed several rebounds and hit a pull-up 3-pointer on that run, hitting one from deep to put Brooklyn up 74-67 with 9:31 left in the third.
The deficit swelled to double digits multiple times, and by the middle of the period it was 86 wins and 76 losses.
Clowney got up for the rebound and hit the floor hard.
With 26 seconds left in the third quarter, he briefly lay face down and was being attended to by Nets officials.
The forward was eventually helped to his feet and very carefully walked away under his own power, holding his back.
He didn't come back until late at night.
And the Nets didn't come back either.
The point difference increased to 21 points, and rookie Maxwell Lewis was also forced to leave with an injury.
He tangled with Jakob Poeltl and went down clutching his left knee.
He couldn't put any pressure on and was taken away with 2 minutes and 47 seconds left.
