Nets vs. Hornets: 3 things we learned from Brooklyn’s first 2020-21 loss

Surprisingly, the Brooklyn Nets suffered their first loss of 2020-21 at the hands of a team that had previously been winless.

The Brooklyn Nets suffered their first loss of the 2020-21 season on Sunday — not to Kyrie Irving’s old team, the Boston Celtics, or Kevin Durant’s, the Golden State Warriors, or one of the elite teams from the Eastern or Western Conference. Brooklyn lost 106-104 to Charlotte as Irving’s old Celtics teammates, Gordon Hayward (28 points) and Terry Rozier (19), powered the Hornets to their first win of 2020-21.

In the course of things, the Nets lost Spencer Dinwiddie to a right knee strain. Jeff Green had to receive stitches after taking a hit above his right eye in the fourth quarter, but he was able to return late in the contest.

Here are three things we learned from Brooklyn’s surprising first loss of the season.