Final: Jazz 118, Nets 107.
The Nets have lost 8 of 9 against Utah since Marks/Atkinson took over. Quin Snyder and Kenny Atkinson were assistants in Atlanta. He knows how the Nets wanted to play and limited them to 8-of-26 from 3.
Nets fall to 18-21 on the season.

We lost to a very good team on like a 10 game winning streak? Lol

Nets lose to the 76ers, 117-106.

• Philadelphia finished the game on a 14-2 run (Tobias Harris had 9 of the 14)

• Nets went the final 4:55 without a FG

• Nets shot 18/30 from the FT line

• DeAndre Jordan dislocated his finger

... 18-22

Idk man it's sad. We were just 4 games over .500 then we went on an 8 game losing streak

Kyrie Irving was asked after tonight’s loss to Philly about this game against a top East opponent showing how much work the Nets still have to do in order to compete at the highest level while waiting for Kevin Durant to return. His answer:

“I mean, it’s transparent. It’s out there,” Irving said. “It’s glaring, in terms of the pieces that we need in order to be at that next level. I’m going to continue to reiterate it. We’re going to do the best with the guys that we have in our locker room now, and we’ll worry about all the other stuff, in terms of moving pieces and everything else, as an organization down the line in the summer. ... We’ve got complementary young guys, as well, that have done a great job the last three years. Collectively, I feel like we have great pieces, but it’s pretty glaring we need one more piece or two more pieces that will complement myself, KD, (DeAndre Jordan), (Garrett Temple), Spence (Dinwiddie), Caris (LeVert), and we’ll see how that evolves.”

Brooklyn’s roster when healthy:

1. Kyrie
2. LeVert
3. Harris
4. KD
5. Allen

2nd unit: Dinwiddie, Prince, Temple, Rodi, DJ, Chandler.

The missing piece is KD.

Kyrie Irving with STRONG words at practice:

"It's not like I'm an ass---- yelling at everybody in the freaking locker room all the time ... If it's harsh as a leader or it's too much for anybody, you're not in our locker room—stay the f--- out."

Kyrie Irving told reporters that he explained to his team what he meant by his comments and didn’t mean to single anybody out. Admitted he probably could have added a few more names to his comments to avoid controversy.

Final: Bucks 117, Nets 97.
The Nets have lost 3 straight games and fall to 18-23 on the season. Kyrie Irving led the team with 17 points on 6/15 shooting. Spencer Dinwiddie/Caris LeVert were a combined 6-of-25 from the floor.

They face Philly on Monday.

Kyrie Irving is out with hamstring tightness for today’s game against Philadelphia.

Final: 76ers 117, Nets 111.
The Nets have lost 4 straight games; 2-11 in the last 13 games.

Philly closed the game out on a 35-20 run. Nets also turned the ball over 10 times in the 4th quarter.

Nets are 18-24 in a free fall.

Final: Lakers 128, Nets 113.
Nets have lost 5 straight.

They're 2-12 in the last 14 games.

... 18-25 overall.

The Brooklyn Nets snap their 5-game losing streak with a 121-111 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons.

Kyrie Irving: 45 points, 6 rebounds & 7 assists.

Much. Needed.

kyrie shouldnt have to drop 45 against the pistons.. from what ive seen really need to get dinwiddie on the second unit he cant perform with kyrie

We need to play better full games. The offense was horrible in the first half. We looked like an entirely different team in the second half.

Jarrett Allen did have 20 points and 15 rebounds though. Also Joe Harris had 16 points

i dont really expect much from this team besides a few key players (JA been consistent but dinwiddie n levert not performing really sets them back) but should be a easy stretch to get back to 500

Levert isn't getting consistent rotation minutes

Kyrie Irving left Madison Square Garden after hearing the Kobe Bryant news. Never returned.

He will not play tonight.

Kobe Bryant had a message for Spencer Dinwiddie.

It was Dec. 21. The Nets were hosting the Hawks. Bryant was at Barclays Center with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. Dinwiddie was in the middle of a career-best stretch and keeping the Nets in playoff contention while Kyrie Irving was injured.

“You play like an All-Star,” Bryant told Dinwiddie.

“I’m trying,” Dinwiddie replied. “Thank you.”

The compliment meant everything to the Nets’ 26-year-old point guard. Dinwiddie grew up in Los Angeles and idolized Bryant. And after that December win, Dinwiddie was giddy when asked about the interaction.

“I’m a real mellow guy for the most part. Yeah, no, not with Kobe,” Dinwiddie said then. “By far my favorite player of all time. His career was basically my childhood. I was juiced. That’s why I probably missed the first 3 off the backboard. I’m not going to lie to you all.”

On Sunday, Dinwiddie expressed raw emotion about Bryant. A few hours before the Nets tipped off against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, news broke about the death of Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter accident in Southern California.

“He was everything to my generation,” Dinwiddie said after the game. “There’s a whole generation of L.A. kids, global obviously, but that was our childhood. The lesson of hard work and, as cliche as it may sound, the Mamba mentality, that’s part of the reason I am who I am today.

“He was everything to a lot of kids, and I was one of them.”

Distraught over Bryant’s unexpected death, Irving went home, sitting out the game to mourn the loss of his close friend and mentor. Dinwiddie led the Nets with 23 points in a 110-97 loss, a game in which players’ minds dwelled elsewhere.

“We were kind of in a fog,” Nets guard Garrett Temple said. “Everyone was in a daze. I know I was in a daze. You try and listen to the game plan. I know obviously something else weighing on your mind.”

It was a somber scene two hours before tipoff, as media and Nets personnel awaited at the end of a tunnel to get on the court for warmups, sharing disbelief over the news. Nets forward Wilson Chandler, an 11-year NBA veteran, said he had never had a day like this in his career. Nets assistant Travon Bryant, a Long Beach, Calif., native and Lakers fan growing up, stared into the distance with his hood up and his eyes red. Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said that not much was said in the hours leading to tipoff.

“It’s definitely one of those things where it’s one of the more difficult games that we’ve ever had to prepare for or get ready to play,” Nets guard Joe Harris said.

Leaguewide, the NBA closed locker rooms to reporters pregame, but Atkinson and Knicks coach Mike Miller made statements and offered condolences to Bryant’s family and others affected by the accident.

“As an organization, we’re devastated. Players are devastated,” Atkinson said as he choked back tears and stopped to gather himself. “We have a player that was very close to Kobe. Our thoughts and prayers are with him also. Just a tough time for the NBA, for all of us.”

Madison Square Garden, inside and out, was lit purple and yellow. Just before tipoff, there was a 24-second moment of silence. On the first two possessions, each team dribbled out the 24-second shot clock, a tribute that was carried out around the league Sunday. Chants of “Kobe” and “Kobe Bryant” could be heard throughout the game.

Dinwiddie, who was just 3 years old when the Lakers drafted Bryant in 1996, said the crowd’s reaction speaks to the influence Bryant had on the game and beyond.

“That shows what he meant to people,” Dinwiddie said. “He didn’t play for the Knicks, and Madison Square Garden was on their feet. The loudest they were all night was for him.”

Atkinson’s postgame message wasn’t really about basketball. Instead, he told his players to go home, spend time mentally recuperating and reach out to loved ones.

“Those are the important things,” Atkinson told his players.

Atkinson crossed paths with Bryant only a handful of times, including in 2009, when Atkinson was an assistant for the Knicks and Bryant dropped 61 points against New York, which remains a Garden record for points scored by a visiting player. But when Bryant was in Brooklyn for December’s game against the Hawks, he approached Atkinson before the game to say hello and give him a hug. Atkinson acknowledged he was a little starstruck.

“I didn’t even think he knew my name,” Atkinson said. “I think we’re all, ‘Wow, he even knows my name.’ I ran right home after the game and told my wife, ‘Kobe gave me a little hug.’”

For Dinwiddie, Bryant’s message from December resonates with him even more now. The Nets’ struggles over the last month — they are 3-13 since Dec. 21 — and Irving’s return from a right shoulder injury have significantly diminished Dinwiddie’s chances at an All-Star selection. But when his All-Star hype was at its peak, Dinwiddie joked that he was never going to be selected because the voting process is a popularity contest and not enough fans know about him.

On Sunday, Dinwiddie sat at his locker after the game and choked up when he realized that Bryant’s approval is all he ever needed.

“Maybe it’s a little bit over-exaggerated, but I felt like this was the first time he was looking at me as the basketball player Spencer,” Dinwiddie said of his December interaction with Bryant. “For him to tell me in his book I’m an All-Star, we kind of talked about a popularity contest before, and like, you don’t win things like that when you’re me. For him to say that, I didn’t need to be selected anymore because (to Bryant) I was an All-Star.”

Spencer Dinwiddie will no longer wear no. 8 in honor of Kobe Bryant. He’ll wear no. 26 instead.

Much love to Dinwiddie.

I spoke with Spencer Dinwiddie and he explained why he chose the number 26.

“It’s an obvious choice, I kept coming to that number, but here’s why... They passed on the 26th. 24 and 2 are their numbers; 2+ 6 is 8. I’m 26 currently."

"Me and my son were both born in April. He’s the 20th, I’m the 6th. And that’s what was on my mind when I decided the jersey change. Incorporating my son. Because last time it revolved around family as well.”

“When I decided on 8, I was the 8th pick in the second round; It’s my grandma and little brothers birthday; I signed with Brooklyn on December 8th...And finally, because of Kobe.”