A big loss was expected. The worst game of the season wasn’t.
The depleted Nets suffered a blowout loss to the Jazz in Salt Lake City, losing 125-102. With the crushing defeat, Brooklyn’s losing streak extends to seven games, falling to 29-23 on the year. They are now tied with the Raptors for the sixth seed in the East.
Without James Harden, who wasn’t on the bench but instead was getting treatment elsewhere in the arena for his left hamstring tightness, and Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving was the lone member of the “Big Three.” And Irving didn’t have the game the Nets needed to give Brooklyn some hope.