The Nets started Sunday shorthanded. They finished it decimated. And defeated.
Facing a Lakers team tied for the fewest wins in the league, the Nets added to their total. They lost several rotation players and the game, a desultory 116-103 defeat to the LeBron James-less Lakers before a crowd of 18,040 at Crypto.com Arena.
Facing a Lakers team that was going to feed the ball to star center Anthony Davis all evening, Claxton might have been the one player the Nets couldn’t afford to lose besides Kevin Durant. And while Durant did his job with machine-like efficiency — 31 points, nine rebounds and seven assists — they predictably got beaten up and worn out inside. Jacque Vaughn suffered the first bad loss of his brief Nets head coaching career.
The loss of Curry was impactful. They rested him to manage his surgically-repaired ankle but couldn’t manage without him. Curry totaled 45 points as they’d beaten the Knicks and Clippers by a combined 42, going 10-for-19 from deep. But there was nobody to space the floor. And they couldn’t slow Davis, getting roughed up and worn out. He had game-highs of 37 points and 18 rebounds, both season bests. Simmons had been serving as the backup center, and losing Claxton robbed them of their starter.
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