After getting blown out Friday in Chicago, the Nets had their hearts broken two days later by the Hawks.
Brooklyn fought back from a huge deficit to tie, only to watch Trae Young beat them with a floater at the buzzer. The end result was a 129-127 gut-wrenching defeat at StateFarm Arena.
The Nets left Mikal Bridges — the reigning Defensive Player of the Year runner-up — on Young, and he played solid enough defense. Dinwiddie came over from behind to try to get a piece of the shot, but the 12-foot floater was good, just beating the buzzer. Young finished with 34. “So for our team to be mentally ready for the challenge versus a team that just played a Cleveland team and they were up 30 in the game. And so how is our awareness to every responsibility every single play? So I’m really looking forward to diving into the mental piece of this team and growing that way.” Joe Prunty — a former Jason Kidd assistant — is standing in as Hawks interim after the team fired Nate McMillan on Tuesday.
Brooklyn was allowing 57 percent shooting — and 9 of 15 from 3-point range — a sure recipe for defeat. Then the Nets finally sprinkled in some defense, closing the half on an 18-7 spurt — including 11 points from Cam Thomas off the bench.
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