The Brooklyn Nets broke a five-game losing streak to start the season with two wins over the Indiana Pacers and the Charlotte Hornets. The Nets got their revenge on both teams after losing to them early in the season.
The Nets didn’t come out of the week unscathed, taking an NBA Cup seeding loss to the Detroit Pistons and a loss to their neighborhood rival, the New York Knicks. The Nets now sit in 13th place in the Eastern Conference with a 2-6 record.
Brooklyn Extends Losing Streak in NBA Cup Seeding Loss
The Brooklyn Nets extended their losing streak with a 110-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons. The loss also drops Brooklyn in the NBA Cup standings. Cade Cunningham’s 20 points and Duncan Robinson’s 17 points helped carry Detroit to the win.
Detroit’s defense stopped Brooklyn, holding them to 40% from the field. The Pistons have done a great job defensively across the league, with no team shooting more than 45% from the field within the first six games of the season.
For Brooklyn, Julius Randle scored 15, with Michael Porter Jr. behind with 13. The Nets had the momentum in the first half, leading by seven points in the first quarter and extending to a ten-point lead early in the second.
Detroit’s offensive surge put them up by halftime and outscored Brooklyn 36 to 17 in the third quarter, with 12 of those points coming off the bench from Ron Holland II. The Nets had no answers for Detroit on either end of the floor, extending their losing streak to five straight games to start the regular season.
Brooklyn Breaks The Streak
The Brooklyn Nets ended their losing woes in a 98-90 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. The win broke their five-game losing streak and put them up in the win column.
Porter Jr.’s 23 points, Randle’s 20 points, and a 15-point, 13-rebound double-double from Day’ron Sharpe led Brooklyn to its first win of the season. Sharpe’s rebounding helped the Nets out-rebound the Pacers in a 43-37 win.
Andrew Nembhard had 23 points, and Pascal Siakam had 17, but the Pacers were without superstar Tyrese Haliburton and other starters due to injury. Their offense wasn’t enough, as the Nets held a double-digit lead through the third quarter and held on long enough in the second half to win.
Both teams shot terribly: Brooklyn went 38% from the field in the first half, and Indiana went 32%. However, the Nets led in the first half and built on it in the second. Larry Nance Jr. and Nembhard tried to take back the lead in the fourth quarter with back-to-back three-pointers, but it wasn’t enough as Brooklyn held on and went home with a win.
Brooklyn Nets Find No Answers Against Rival Knicks
The battle of the Boroughs did not fall in Brooklyn’s favor, as the Nets fell 103-90 to the New York Knicks. The 2026 champions gave the Nets their 15th straight matchup loss, with the Knicks having won each of their matchups in the last four years.
The Nets gave the Knicks a scare in the fourth quarter after outscoring New York 25 to 5 to start the fourth, but the Knicks found a way to avoid their first loss to Brooklyn in four years and stopped the bleeding.
Jalen Brunson scored 19 points, OG Anunoby put in 18, and Karl Anthony-Towns doubled with 11 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks. In the other borough, Randle led Brooklyn with a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double.
Randle tried to keep the lead alive in the fourth quarter with his scoring, but the depth of the Knicks was too much, as Josh Hart, Anunoby, and Jordan Clarkson contributed to an offensive run that made the Brooklyn lead go from 79 to 75, and the Knicks led 91 to 81 in the fourth quarter.
New York held the lead for the rest of the game as Brooklyn couldn’t fire back, putting them back in the loss column.
Brooklyn Goes Back To Winning Ways in Victory Over Charlotte
The Nets take a 114-104 win over the Charlotte Hornets to add their second win of the season to their regular-season record. Brooklyn’s offense was well spread, with contributions across the floor as they surged from a deficit to take the lead and win.
Porter Jr. had a double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds; Randle had 22 points, Mikel Brown Jr. had 18 points, Nolan Traore had 16 points, and Danny Wolf had 13 points. This offensive sharing helped Brooklyn shoot 51% from the field.
For Charlotte, Naz Reid had 28 points, and Grayson Allen had 22, with Brandon Miller and Sion James scoring 10 apiece.
Brooklyn was down by seven at halftime, but kept its momentum on both ends of the floor to prevent the deficit from growing and win the game.
What’s Next For The Nets?
Hopefully, Brooklyn can finally piece things together after a nightmarish start to the regular season. Contributions throughout the floor seem to be the key moments that lead to wins. At the same time, Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle are great offensive pieces who can both average around 20 points; their offense alone won’t be enough to win games.
Seeing Brooklyn share the ball and spread the offense out across the lineup will be key to winning games. The Nets have a long way to go to get anything done this season, but having the offense run through the team rather than just either Randle or Porter Jr. will be the X-Factor for Brooklyn throughout the year.
