A troublesome six-game West Coast swing for the Brooklyn Nets culminated with a matchup towards the Western Convention’s undisputed No. 1 seed on the Paycom Middle in Oklahoma Metropolis.
It went as anticipated.
Brooklyn, to its credit score, did not get embarrassed prefer it did towards the Los Angeles Clippers earlier within the week. However Sunday’s 127-101 loss to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder made it look like the development was heading in that path from the beginning.
Oklahoma Metropolis, led by NBA MVP favourite Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, took a 13-2 lead simply 3:52 into the sport. The Nets opened 0 of seven from the sector, 0 of 5 from deep and easily seemed shaken within the opening minutes. They trailed 39-19 after one quarter. PTSD started to manifest at the moment.
The Nets, to their credit score, didn’t fold. They matched the Thunder’s 30 factors within the second quarter and narrowly misplaced the third 29-28. It was a 13-point sport with 6:10 left within the third quarter. However Oklahoma Metropolis has been a well-oiled machine on each ends of the ground for some time now, and Brooklyn did not have sufficient juice.
Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 27 factors and 10 assists in an 8-of-14 taking pictures effort. Isaiah Joe went 8-for-10 from deep and Oklahoma Metropolis made 19 treys as a workforce.
Cam Johnson scored a Nets-high 15 factors in his return from a two-game absence. Nevertheless, Brooklyn shot simply 42.5% from the sector, 27.9% from deep and dedicated 17 turnovers, giving the Thunder 24 factors.
The Nets fell to 14-29 with the loss. They finish their highway journey as losers of three video games in a row. Their subsequent 4 video games might be at dwelling, beginning with Tuesday’s sport towards the Knicks.
Cam Thomas is anticipated to be re-evaluated this week.
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