Make it three straight losses for the Brooklyn Nets.
In a matinee game on Sunday afternoon, the Nets fell 108-102 to the Denver Nuggets, who were on a back-to-back after narrowly losing to the New York Knicks on Saturday. With the loss, Brooklyn crept further down the standings, sitting just 1.5 games ahead of the seventh-seeded Miami Heat. The Nets have also lost the first two games of their four-game homestand.
“I think overall you see the start of the game. I thought on our road trip, we had great energy, great juice, and somehow we’ve come home and lacked a little bit of energy and juice to start the game heck.