"Wednesday was Madison Square Garden. Sunday was Intuit Dome. Different coast, same result. The Nets lost 126-89 to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night, dropping their fifth straight game, falling to 12-32 and continuing a familiar freefall. Brooklyn has now lost 10 of its last 11 games, and after spending December posting the best defensive ratings in the league, the Nets have regressed right back into one of the NBA's worst teams."
""You can lose, and you can be a loser," head coach Jordi Fernández said. "So, for 18 minutes, we lost and we were competitive. And for 30, we were losers. So, we have to decide what we want to be and who we want to be." Los Angeles raced out to a 12-2 edge in paint points by the 8:29 mark of the opening quarter, building a 12-5 lead that forced the Nets to burn a full timeout."
"Brooklyn stayed stuck on 10 points until the 3:07 mark, when Day'Ron Sharpe finally ended the drought with an offensive rebound and putback. In between, the Clippers ripped off a 15-2 run to take complete control, with James Harden setting the tone as a scorer, just like he did the last time these teams met when Los Angeles visited Barclays Center on Jan. 9 in a 121-105 Clippers win."
Brooklyn fell 126-89 to the Los Angeles Clippers, marking a fifth straight loss and moving to 12-32 overall. The Nets have lost 10 of their last 11 games after spending December with one of the league's best defensive ratings. Offensive production collapsed as Brooklyn shot 33.7 percent overall and just 9-for-43 from three, committed 17 turnovers, and surrendered a parade of points at the rim. The Clippers opened with a strong paint advantage and a decisive 15-2 run that handed them control, producing a deficit as large as 40 points.
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