Despite pouring in 42 points, Mikal Bridges sulked off the hardwood Sunday in Brooklyn following the Nets’ loss to the Trail Blazers. AP Photo by Noah K. Murray
Perhaps a bit of French cuisine will clean the Nets’ palates after a hard-to-swallow overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Downtown’s Barclays Center on Sunday.
Then again, Brooklyn would be served best by finding a path to victory during its historic trip to Paris on Thursday to “host” the Cleveland Cavaliers at Accor Arena.
“For us not to win this basketball game (is) very disappointing,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said following the Nets’ 134-127 defeat to the Blazers in front of a sellout crowd of 17,732 on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush.
Brooklyn (16-21) was hoping to build some momentum off Friday’s rousing 124-115 triumph over Oklahoma City in the opener of this four-game homestand.
The Nets, who will play host to the Cavaliers on Thursday, had just snapped a season high-tying five-game losing streak and were poised to make it two wins in a row when Mikal Bridges drained a jumper with 1.5 ticks left on the clock Sunday to force the extra session.
However, Portland’s Malcolm Brogdon put up eight of his 18 points following regulation, including a pair of 3-pointers, and Anfernee Simons added six of his 38 points in OT as the struggling Blazers (10-25) walked out of Barclays with their first victory in five contests.
“We definitely needed it,” Brogdon told the Associated Press. “To pull a win like this out, this is a team competing for a playoff spot, it’s a really good win for us.
“I think we’re a young team, we’re inexperienced to put a full 48 minutes together. Tonight we were able to put 53 minutes together, so I’m proud of this group.”
Bridges finished with a game-high 42 points on 15-of-28 shooting,…
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