‘Where Brooklyn at?’: Struggling Nets hope to end recent woes at MSG vs. Knicks
The tough losses are mounting, and the team’s good on-paper statistics don’t seem to weigh in when the Brooklyn Nets need them the most.
The $100 million point guard is still “not as comfortable” in the third-year coach’s system as he was during his days as a perennial All-Star in Utah under legendary coach Jerry Sloane, and the third quarter has turned into a wasteland, where large leads turn into mind-numbing deficits for our borough’s first pro sports franchise in 55 years.
Hello Brooklyn! And welcome to the glaring, and at times blinding, spotlight that accompanies being a big-market team with lofty expectations following a $300 million-plus summer spending spree.
“All losses hurt regardless of the situation of them, especially against teams we are supposed to be taking care of and winning,” noted a frustrated Gerald Wallace after the Nets squandered a 13-point lead to the Jazz on Tuesday night before a crowd of 15,835 at Barclays Center.