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Nets Crushed By Warriors, Drop Sixteenth Straight Game

By Sean Costello

February 25, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) shoots the basketball against Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24) and center Brook Lopez (11) during the first quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
February 25, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) shoots the basketball against Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24) and center Brook Lopez (11) during the first quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Final. 112. 41. 95. 147

After a tough loss to the Denver Nuggets last night, the Brooklyn Nets faced off against the team with the best record in the NBA, the Golden State Warriors. The Nets dropped their sixteenth consecutive game, 112-95.

The Brooklyn Nets found themselves playing the second game of a back-to-back against the NBA’s best, the Golden State Warriors. The Nets come into the game having only won one game in the last two months, so of course they had their work cut out for them against Golden State.

As the game started, it seemed as it the Warriors were toying with the Nets. Golden State took a four-point lead before the Nets got some production from Jeremy Lin, which helped for the moment, until the Warriors scored a flurry of points in no time and gained a 14-4 lead over the Nets.

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However, the Nets began to battle and play hard-nosed basketball for about 90 percent of the rest of the first half. Brooklyn battled back and even took the lead on a Joe Harris three-pointer in the second quarter. The Nets’ didn’t last for long, as a Zaza Pachulia running layup went down with a foul called. If that wasn’t enough for Golden State to pick up momentum, Stephen Curry also got a bucket and a foul on a three-pointer. This swelled the Warriors’ lead to 11 points at halftime.

Once the halftime break was over, Brooklyn couldn’t get comfortable, and the once-11 Golden State lead grew larger until it got to 19 points, which prompted Kenny Atkinson to call a timeout. From that point, the Nets continued to scratch and claw at the deficit, but every time they did so, the Warriors answered back for the rest of the third quarter.

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As the fourth quarter began, the Nets continued to look slow, but as time went on, an Isaiah Whitehead slam electrified a Brooklyn run to get the lead back to under single digits. However, it never amounted to anything significant, as the Nets got the stops they needed, but not the buckets, and it resulted in a Golden State win after a dagger by Curry. Brooklyn went on to lose a tough one by a final score of 112-95.