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SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 The Nets flushed a comeback at the end of regulation with a blown defensive coverage at the end of overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When it was over, Brooklyn suffered a 112-111 loss to Utah before a sellout crowd of 18,175 at the Delta Center on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And they don\u2019t want to hear a thing about pingpong balls, or lottery seeding. Not after this one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know this is kind of like a rebuild situation, but we\u2019ve got to go in there like we want to win regardless of what the front office is expecting,\u201d Ben Simmons said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo moral victories. I\u2019m pissed off. We should have won but we just gotta keep chopping,\u201d added Nic Claxton. \u201cWe\u2019ve been losing a lot, and everybody\u2019s tired of losing. They sat out all their players and we still lost.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was Claxton that was right in the middle of the pivotal endgame. He had 14 points and 12 rebounds on a solid night, but \u2014 with the Nets up 111-110 with a foul to give, and having discussed it in the timeout with 6.4 seconds left in overtime \u2014 failed to impede Isaiah Collier as he drove for an all-too-easy go-ahead layup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI should\u2019ve fouled him,\u201d Claxton said. \u201c[Jordi Fernandez] told us in the timeout. So I should have fouled. It\u2019s really that simple. So they would have to either run a different play. So I should have fouled.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The drive by Collier (23 points, seven assists and seven boards) proved to be the game winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Collin Sexton had five of his game-high 23 points in overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Nets (13-26) have dropped five straight, and eight of nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve committed to building through the draft, with four first-round picks in June. And sitting 15th in the draft standings a month ago before trading away Dennis Schroder and Dorian Finney-Smith, they\u2019re now sixth in the lottery odds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Nets have moved a half game ahead of seventh-place Portland, whom they visit Tuesday. And they had been 3 \u00bd games behind the fifth-place Jazz, but shaved that to 2 \u00bd with Sunday\u2019s loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brooklyn also lost the most recent meeting with the Jazz, on Dec. 21 at Barclays Center. It kicked off a 2-10 stretch and a slide down the Eastern Conference standings but a climb up the lottery ladder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler, who\u2019d combined for 40 points and 17 rebounds in Utah\u2019s last game, both sat out against the Nets. It didn\u2019t matter. The Nets were without Cam Thomas, Cam Johnson and D\u2019Angelo Russell as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Offense was as hard to come by as would be expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Sunday, they had to rely on recently signed two-way player Tosan Evbuomwan (team-high 22 points) and Ziaire Williams (19 points) to carry the scoring load.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Simmons, in just his second game back, had 14 points, nine assists and six rebounds. He logged 31:38 before surpassing his minutes limit and giving way to Evbuomwan in the extra stanza.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Nets led 70-67 with four minutes left in the quarter on Tyrese Martin\u2019s dunk. But that\u2019s when they lost control of the game. The Nets conceded a 15-4 run over the next two minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They found themselves down 82-74 with 1:32 left following a dunk by Collier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trailing 102\u201396 with two minutes left after Sexton\u2019s free throws, the Nets closed with six unanswered points to force overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where the Nets lost it. They shot just 3-of-11 and 0-of-3 from deep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth plays on defense and offense, they didn\u2019t work the way we wanted to. So I have to be better with being clear with what we want, the execution. So those two plays on me,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cEffort, resiliency, finally connecting in that fourth quarter. So happy with that run at the end. We were just not good enough. And that\u2019s what happens in the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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