Allen Crabbe’s late heroics not enough to save skidding Nets

Blake Griffin (left) and Andre Drummond celebrate after the Nets' 115-106 loss to the Pistons on Wednesday night.DETROIT — The Nets will go into the trade deadline hurting, and are headed toward the All-Star break slumping. A 115-106 loss Wednesday to the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena saw to that.

Playing without combo guard Caris LeVert and both of their power forwards, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Quincy Acy, the Nets (19-37) lost their fourth straight game and eighth in their past nine.

Allen Crabbe caught fire late to pour in a career-high 34 points, hitting 6-of-14 from behind the 3-point arc. Joe Harris, whose name has popped up in trade rumors in advance of Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline,…