The Brooklyn Nets hosted the Detroit Pistons at Barclays Center on Thursday and lost 130-122. The regular-season series between the two teams is not tied at 1-1.
For the Nets, Kyrie Irving had 40 points and six assists while Nic Claxton had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Edmond Sumner had 24 points and five rebounds.
For the Pistons, Saddiq Bey had 25 points and nine rebounds while Alec Burks had 20 points and five rebounds. Jalen Duren had 17 points and Jaden Ivey had 16 points.
The Nets stayed competitive in this game until the third quarter when the team came out of the halftime break without energy or any urgency. However, throughout the game, Brooklyn was unable to play any defense.
In a game that the Nets were favored to win by about five points, they did not show up to play. After awhile, it was clear that Brooklyn either did not have the energy to play with intensity or they continued to underestimate Detroit until it was too late. Also, Seth Curry missed this game and Ben Simmons and TJ Warren exited this game early with knee injuries.
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