Nets rip short-handed hornets to flip seven games lose sliding

The nets cracked their longest lost slip of the season with their biggest rutor.

Brooklyn won a thread-to-thread 104-83 road victory against colleague-lottery hopeful Charlotte. They cracked out of a seven-game funk by strangling the short-haired hornets that led with as many as 24 points and never gossip.

It marked Nets’ largest victory margin since February 29, 2024, when they directed Atlanta 124-97. Most of Nets’ dominance Wednesday came on the defensive end, their 33.7 percent shooting allowed a season-low, and their 83 points admitted their fewest since March 11, 2019 against Detroit.

“I think defensively was that we were very physical and we looked very connected,” said coach Jordi Fernandez. “The guys did a good job of talking to each other, so the energy was there for 48 minutes.”

The nets noted 11 Stealing, Outscored Hornets 24-7 OFF revenue and allowed only 10-for-35 shooting from deep. And in the end, they won for the first time since January 14 – against another colleague Lottery hopeful Portland.

“Much needed reward. These guys are in the gym every day and work, so it was well deserved. The guys played hard, ”Ben Simmons said. “I think it was just the mindset to be consistent in all four quarters. Defensively, offensively, adheres to it. “

The nets (15-33) are fifth in the location of the lottery. They are now a complete game behind Charlotte and a half play in front of sixth place Toronto.

Nic Claxton led the road with 12 points, eight rebounds and six blocks, a shy for his career high. Keon Johnson had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals, while Tusan Evbuomwan scored 14 and finished a game high plus-22.

Charlotte was without seven of her top eight scorers, including Lamelo Ball (ankle). But Brooklyn – who plays without Cam Thomas and Cam Johnson – doesn’t care.

Miles Bridges scored a game high 23. But the nets ran from start to finish.

Simmons had 10 points and six assists in his return after missing the last five games. Meanwhile, Trendon Watford had nine points in 18 minutes after being out since December 16 with a hamstring injury.

“It was good. I’m just happy to be back out there with the guys, back to play basketball, ”Watford said. “Missing 21 games, I’ve missed it ever since I left the game in Cleveland. It was nice to be back and now I’m just glad I can continue and put this hamstring behind me. “

The only negative was Day’ron Sharpe, which was forced out of the game by five points and six boards due to left hamstring stramity. He had missed the first six weeks of the season with a left hamstring tribe.

“He told me he felt his hamstring. And of course we want to be careful because we are down on bodies and that is the last thing we need is to lose another, ”Fernandez said. “So we evaluate him and we’ll see. But we hope it is less. “