It appeared, for a brief moment, as if the Nets might be able to pull off a miraculous comeback victory Wednesday night, the kind that could potentially spark them into the kind of season they were expected to have.
Instead, as they have several times this season, they simply couldn't make the plays they needed down the stretch. And, like those times, the Nets again fell short, losing 99-94 to the Lakers inside Barclays Center.
The Nets (4-11) suffered from a disastrous opening 15 minutes, which saw them fall behind by 27 early in the second quarter, forcing them to try and drag themselves all the way back into the game.
Trailing by nine points entering the fourth quarter — and after trailing the entire game — the Nets stormed back behind 14 fourth-quarter points from Mirza Teletovic, who tied the game at 92 by hitting one of two free throws with 3:57 remaining.
But after Teletovic's 3-pointer with 4:25 remaining had pulled the Nets to within 92-91, they went on to miss their next six shots in a row, keeping them from capitalizing on several chances to take their first lead of the game. The Lakers regained the lead with 1:33 remaining when Wes Johnson — after intercepting a lazy cross-court pass from Paul Pierce to Joe Johnson — raced upcourt alone and slammed the ball home to give the Lakers a 94-92 lead.
After Alan Anderson, Johnson and Kevin Garnett all missed shots on the ensuing possession, the Nets intentionally fouled Steve Blake, who went to the foul line and made one of two to put the Lakers ahead 95-92 with 17.2 seconds remaining.
Anderson then found an open crease and drove to the rim for a dunk with 9.8 seconds left to bring the Nets back within one, and causing Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni to call a timeout.
Jodie Meeks then made two free throws to give the Lakers a 97-94 lead with 8.2 seconds remaining. The Lakers opted not to foul, and Pierce came around a Garnett screen with an open look at a 3-pointer from the top of the key. But his shot rimmed out, and a pair of meaningless free throws from Xavier Henry set the final score, which handed the Nets their ninth loss in their last 11 games.
Nick Young led the Lakers (8-8) with 26 points, while Johnson had 18 points and Teletovic 17 to lead five players in double figures for the Nets.
The Nets wasted no time digging themselves a hole, as Lakers point guard Steve Blake — filling in for injured Steve Nash — opened the game with a pair of 3-pointers that kick-started an 11-2 Lakers run. Things didn't get much better for the Nets, who fell behind 17-6 and eventually 34-18 to end a truly brutal first quarter.
Brooklyn shot just 38.9 percent form the field in the first quarter while committing six turnovers that led to seven Lakers points. The Lakers, meanwhile, shot 65 percent from the field — including 66 percent from 3-point range — and doubled up the Nets, 10-5, in the rebounding department while recording assists on 10 of their 13 field goals in the quarter.
Things only got worse for the Nets at the start of the second, as former Net Jordan Farmar knocked down four straight 3-pointers to open the quarter, almost single-handedly pushing the Lakers to a 14-3 run and giving them a 48-21 lead with 8:30 to go in the second quarter.
The Nets, however, responded with a 15-0 run to get back into the game. Anderson kicked it off with a pair of 3-pointers from the wing, and Shaun Livingston capped it with a fast-break layup that pulled the Nets within 48-36 with an even four minutes remaining in the first half.
After the two teams went into halftime with the Lakers leading 54-40, the Nets came out and played well for the second straight third quarter — a surprising development for what has easily been the league's worst third-quarter team.
Behind 10 points from Pierce — who had gone scoreless in just under 11 minutes in the first half — the Nets shot 50 percent from the field in the third and committed just one turnover, winning the quarter by five points and setting up a dramatic finish.
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