Life without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving has been an adjustment for the Brooklyn Nets. And it hasn’t exactly been pretty…
On Friday night, the Nets fells to the struggling Bulls in historic fashion. Dropping one of their worst performances since moving from New Jersey with a 131-87 loss where they trailed by as many as 50 points two different times.
Brooklyn shot just 24% from the floor in the first half, falling behind 63-29 at the break. Things obviously didn’t get much better in the last two frames either.
Final. pic.twitter.com/Bxd8BEHOC6
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) February 25, 2023
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The NBA world reacted to the Nets’ blowout loss on Twitter.
“Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox tonight: 87 points. The entire Brooklyn Nets team tonight: 87 points,” theScore tweeted.
Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox tonight: 87 points.
The entire Brooklyn Nets team tonight: 87 points. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/3UFnlb03SZ— theScore (@theScore) February 25, 2023
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“New York, New York … Julius Randle tonight: 46 points in 36 minutes … Brooklyn Nets tonight: 46 points in 35 minutes,” said Tim Reynolds.
New York, New York …
Julius Randle tonight: 46 points in 36 minutes
Brooklyn Nets tonight: 46 points in 35 minutes— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) February 25, 2023
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“The Bulls just held the Brooklyn Nets to their FEWEST amount of points at halftime in franchise HISTORY…” a Bulls account replied.
The Bulls just held the Brooklyn Nets to their FEWEST amount of points at halftime in franchise HISTORY… 😤 pic.twitter.com/urDFfzjR23
— BullsMuse (@BullsMuse_) February 25, 2023
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Brooklyn is now just one game ahead of the Knicks in the Eastern Conference.