"Brooklyn's 120-66 loss to the Knicks was the kind of final score that makes you check your phone twice just to be sure it is real. It was a 54-point avalanche, the second-worst loss in franchise history, and it left the Nets wearing the kind of night that stings and lingers. The Knicks played like a team trying to wash away their own skid,"
""Tonight was even worse, and I'm the one responsible for it," head coach Jordi Fernández said. "Players have to move on, find a way to. This is a tough one but show up the next day and have positive energy and work and get better and go out there and compete. I have to help them better." It wasn't a one-off line meant to end the interview."
"The Nets have heard the numbers. They have lived them. But Wednesday's loss made them impossible to ignore because the Knicks weren't just hitting shots. They were controlling the tone, the floor, the glass and the paint. Brooklyn didn't stand a chance. They didn't consistently attack the teeth of the defense. They didn't create any physical pushback that would make a home team flinch."
Brooklyn lost 120-66 to the Knicks, a 54-point defeat and the second-worst in franchise history. The Knicks controlled the game, dominating the tone, floor, glass and paint while Brooklyn produced no consistent physical pushback or second-chance scoring. Inside the Nets locker room the response focused on ownership and improvement rather than excuses. Head coach Jordi Fernández accepted responsibility, urging players to move on, show positive energy and compete, and admitting recent offensive and defensive struggles over the last 12 games fall on him. The team plans to work on fundamentals, values and rebounding effort to get better.
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