NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets welcomed the Philadelphia 76ers to Barclays Center on Sunday for the final regular-season games this season and lost 134-105. Philadelphia swept the regular-season series 4-0.
For the Nets, Cam Thomas had 46 points and two rebounds while RaiQuan Gray had 16 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists in his NBA debut. David Duke Jr. had 15 points and Patty Mills had 12 points.
For the 76ers, Shake Milton had 20 points and eight assists while Mac McClung had 20 points and nine rebounds. Louis King had 20 points and Paul Reed had 17 points.
In the first half, Mikal Bridges started his 83rd game and subsequently fouls to come out of the game with 11:56 left in the first quarter. Cam Thomas (19 points) and RaiQuan Gray (12 points) went off in the first half. Brooklyn made a comeback in the second quarter as they turned up their defensive intensity.
In the second half, we started to see both teams match each other’s intensity despite the result of the game not mattering in the grand scheme of things. However, Thomas and Gray continued to produce and Thomas almost had 50 points thanks to the roll that he was on. No one got hurt and both teams can look forward to their matchup in the playoffs.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Nets’ loss: