The Brooklyn Nets visited the Paycom Center on Tuesday to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder and lost 121-107. Oklahoma City won the regular-season series 2-0.
For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 34 points and four rebounds while Cam Johnson had 23 points and nine rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie had 16 points and Nic Claxton had 12 points.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 35 points and seven rebounds while Lugentz Dort had 24 points and nine rebounds. Jalen Williams had 23 points and Josh Giddey had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists.
In the first half, Brooklyn essentially dominated the game thanks to the play of Mikal Bridges (16 points) and Cam Johnson (15 points). The Nets were sharing the ball about as well as they have at any point this season when they amassed 20 assists on 22 made field-goals. Their defense was also going in this one as they held the Thunder to 40.4% shooting from the field and 15.4% shooting from three-point land.
In the second half, this game turned on its head. In the third quarter, it was a reverse of roles as Oklahoma City became the team couldn’t miss. Brooklyn went from being up by 10 points to down eight points thanks to Lu Dort hitting five threes in the period. The fourth quarter was more of the same as the Nets could not regain their first-half.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Nets’ crushing loss to the Thunder: