Nets lose hard fought game to Mavericks, 96-94

Tough loss, sure, but the Brooklyn Nets brought it against the Dallas Mavericks.

Coming off a nice two-game win streak, the Nets entered Monday night looking to avenge their early season overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks. And similar to the first meetup, this one went down to the wire. Final score: 96-94, Dallas.

Brooklyn’s defense was top-notch, and it’s ball-movement stood out once again as the team continues to weather the storm without Kyrie Irving. Ultimately, Luka Doncic’s MVP-level greatness proved to be too much, and the Nets lost their seventh game of the season to drop to 4-7.

Kevin Durant continued his streak of 25+ points, dropping 26 points on 10-of-20 shooting. He became the…