Nets not as hungry as Wolves
Squander Fourth-Quarter Lead in 98-91 Loss to Minnesota
Lionel Hollins resorted to using jailhouse lingo to describe the Nets’ first home loss of the young season.
“I’m always saying there’s a badder man than you in prison,” Brooklyn’s first-year head coach noted after watching his team get outscored 14-3 down the stretch en route to a deflating 98-91 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in front of 16,302 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center on Wednesday night.
The “badder man” in question was Minnesota center Nikola Pekovic, who scored 16 points, including a go-ahead three-point play over Brook Lopez with 49 seconds remaining, and grabbed 11 rebounds, as Brooklyn fell to 2-2 on the season entering Friday night’s home showdown with the East River rival Knicks.