Nets come up ‘Small’ in Big Easy
Post All-Star Break Win Streak Snapped at Two by Pelicans
The Nets were hoping to carry a three-game post-All-Star break winning streak into this weekend’s Texas “Two-Step” through Houston and Dallas on the tail end of a season-high eight-game road trip.
Instead, they got off to a poor start and faltered badly down the stretch during Wednesday night’s 102-96 loss in New Orleans to an admittedly shorthanded Pelicans unit in front of 16,097 fans at the Smoothie King Center.
Down 15-4 early, the Nets trailed throughout but inched within a single point at 83-82 before the Pelicans, playing without All-Star center Anthony Davis as well as regulars Ryan Anderson and Jrue Holiday, pulled away with a 10-0 spurt to end any hopes of a late Brooklyn comeback.