Nets’ 3-game winning streak snapped in blowout loss to ailing Wizards

The Nets‘ three-game winning streak came to an extremity successful blowout manner Wednesday nighttime wrong Barclays Center. Despite trading distant Kyle Kuzma and Jonas Valanciunas earlier successful the day, the ailing Washington Wizards were the wide aggressors from the opening pat and systematically dismantled Brooklyn 119-102

The Wizards opened the crippled connected a 10-2 tally and built a 21-9 pb with 5:47 near successful the archetypal quarter. The Nets changeable 1-for-6 from the tract with 3 turnovers successful the archetypal 3 minutes, and the nighttime began to sputter retired of power from there.

Brooklyn recovered successful the 2nd 4th with a 61.9% shooting effort, and Cam Johnson — backmost from a six-game lack — poured successful 10 points successful the period. But it inactive surrendered six 3-pointers and allowed Washinton to sprout 50%. It inactive struggled to incorporate Bub Carrington and Jordan Poole, who combined for 22 points successful the archetypal half. And it added up to a 65-61 Nets shortage astatine halftime.

The Nets changeable conscionable 21.1% successful a 3rd 4th wherever they were outscored 23-12, and that’s erstwhile the crippled genuinely got retired of hand. An 88-73 crippled entering the 4th quarter, the Wizards opened up a 23-point pb with 10 minutes remaining and led by 25 with 4:22 left.

There was nary inspired rally from Brooklyn this time. It surrendered 20 treys, changeable conscionable 43.4% for the game, and allowed 7 Wizards to decorativeness successful treble figures. Washington was the worst squad successful the league record-wise entering the night.

The Nets fell to 17-34 with the loss.

Keon Johnson led Brooklyn with 25 points and six rebounds. Johnson added 17 points and 3 3-pointers successful his archetypal quality since Jan. 21.

Poole paced the Wizards with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

The Nets volition instrumentality to enactment connected Friday against the Miami Heat astatine Barclays Center, but not earlier Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET commercialized deadline.