AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — For the fifth straight game, the Nets found themselves in a close game in the fourth quarter.
For the fifth straight game, the Nets didn't have enough in the tank to get a win, as the Pistons pulled away late — thanks to several Nets turnovers — for a 98-93 victory in front of a half-full crowd at The Palace.
And for the fifth straight game, the Nets suffered a loss — four of them against teams with losing records — and begin the toughest stretch of their season with no momentum and a tenuous hold on one of the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference.
"We needed to stop the bleeding yesterday," Nets coach Lionel Hollins said before the game, referring to the Nets losing at home to Philadelphia Friday. "As it goes out, you'd like to get a win. You don't want to get to where you have 10 in a row or something like that. Our spirit is still up, I think we're still fighting and hopefully we can do what's necessary to win."
But while the Nets (16-21) hung around for most of this one, the Pistons (13-24) went on a 12-2 run late in the fourth quarter — fueled by careless turnovers — that allowed Detroit to blow the game open and win their eighth in nine since stunningly deciding to waive Josh Smith and eat the final two years and nearly $30 million remaining on his deal.
The Nets had their usual struggles, once again failing to shoot well from 3-point range (9-for-30) while Jarrett Jack clearly looked as if he had run out of gas from all the minutes he has played in the wake of Deron Williams going down with fractured rib cartilage. Jack finished ith five points and eight assists on 2-for-12 shooting while his counterpart, Brandon Jennings, had 20 points and 11 assists for the Pistons.
Hollins tried to shake things up by replacing Sergey Karasev in the starting lineup with Bojan Bogdanovic, who hadn't started since Dec. 8. Bogdanovic led the Nets at halftime with 12 points, but finished with 14.
After Darius Morris — who had 10 points and three assists in 20 minutes — scored to make it 84-82 with 3:56 left, a Joe Johnson miss led to a Kentavious Caldwell-Pope fast break layup, and then a careless Jack pass led to a breakaway layup for Jennings to give Detroit a six-point cushion.
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