After blowing a 17-point lead on Saturday in Charlotte, the Nets have misplaced a season-high-tying seven straight video games. The Los Angeles Lakers, winners of eight of their final 9, go to Barclays Middle on Monday.
“We were lazy,” head coach Jordi Fernandez mentioned. “We didn’t contact the paint sufficient occasions. Our spacing was poor… Should play sooner. Should defend. Should rebound. This isn’t who we’ve been or who we need to be. Give [Charlotte] credit score as a result of, once more, they wished it greater than us and so they performed actually, actually arduous. Simply have to maneuver on to the subsequent one.
In its seven-game shedding streak, Brooklyn ranks twenty eighth within the NBA in factors per recreation (107.1), twenty ninth in area purpose share (41.9), twenty second in turnovers (15.1) and twentieth in factors allowed (117.9).
Professional-tankers rejoice. The Nets are within the midst of the league’s longest shedding streak and their lottery odds proceed to enhance with every loss. LeBron James is predicted to overlook one-to-two weeks due to a groin pressure, in order that they gained’t have to fret about containing him, Jaxson Hayes, Rui Hachimura or Dorian Finney-Smith.
However they nonetheless might must tangle with Luka Doncic, who enters the night time listed as questionable and is averaging 31.2 factors, 6.2 rebounds and eight.8 assists over his final 5 appearances.
The Nets shall be with out Cam Thomas and Trendon Watford, who’re each managing left hamstring accidents. Cam Johnson, who missed Saturday’s recreation in Charlotte, is predicted to return to the lineup.
Brooklyn, 21-42, has the sixth finest lottery odds coming into Monday’s matchup, 0.5 video games behind the Toronto Raptors for fifth. Will probably be almost unattainable for the Nets to catch New Orleans Pelicans for fourth, given they’re 5 video games again with 19 regular-season matchups left.
