The New Jersey Nets were pounded into NBA infamy last night in East Rutherford, N.J., falling 117-101 to the Dallas Mavericks for their 18th straight loss to start the season.
The Nets passed the 1988-89 Miami Heat and 1999 Los Angeles Clippers, who both dropped their first 17 games. New Jersey’s next chance to end the streak comes tomorrow night at home against the Charlotte Bobcats.
“At this point, I feel the streak has definitely gotten the best of us. It’s really not starting to get to us now,” guard Chris Douglas-Roberts said. “So when a team goes on a run, we kind of, it’s almost like we give up, which is really unfortunate but that’s what it looks like to me. We kind of give up and just lay down instead of trying to fight.”
Dallas shot 81 percent in the first half, the first NBA team to make 80 percent of its shots in a half since the Denver Nuggets hit 82 percent against the Clippers on April 4, 2006, according to STATS, LLC.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points, and Jason Kidd had 16 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Mavericks. Douglas-Roberts scored 24 points for the Nets.
Interim coach Tom Barrise was at the bench for New Jersey, but eneral manager Kiki Vandeweghe will be taking over the coaching duties for the remainder of the season.
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