On February 9, Beijing time, the Nets returned to the home game, because Durant and Harden are still recuperating from injuries, and Irving is still unable to play because of epidemic prevention regulations, so the Nets can only rely on role players in this game, and finally they suffered a fiasco.
However, in the first quarter of the game, the Nets dug a big hole and were played by the opponent to a fantastic start of 28-2. Although James Johnson and Carter on the bench led the team to respond with a small 11-0 climax, the Nets were still 19 points behind in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Nets once again played 9-2 to chase down 12 points to regain the suspense of the game, but immediately the opponent responded strongly and once again led by more than 20 points, and the Nets trailed by 26 points in the halftime. In the second half, the Nets failed to give an effective response, and the fourth quarter basically turned into garbage time, and the Nets lost 91-126 by 35 points! And suffered an embarrassing 9-game losing streak, which is also the league's longest losing streak.
It is worth mentioning that the Nets starting Five Tigers only scored a total of 19 points today, of which Mills scored only 5 points on 2 of 8, Bembry scored only 6 points on 3 of 12, Griffin also scored 6 points, and Edwards scored zero on 0 of 3. Jerwan Carter became the Nets' only relief in the game, hitting 7 three-pointers to deliver 21 points, both of which set a new season high, and Thomas and James Johnson each scored 17 points. After losing this game, the Nets' record came to 29 wins and 25 losses, and the ranking fell again to 8th place in the East, and about 20 days ago, they were at the top of the Eastern Conference.