Well-fed Nets look to dine in D.C.

High-jumping Nets rookie Noah Clowney should see significant playing time again when Brooklyn finishes off its four-game road trip in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. AP Photo by Peter K. Afriyie

The Nets feasted on a late-night dinner in Toronto following their first win in seven games Monday night.

Theyโ€™d like to continue feeding their hunger for wins Wednesday, when they visit the streaking Washington Wizards at the Capital One Center in the finale of a four-game road trip.

โ€œWeโ€™re going to get a nice team dinner, wine is gonna take a little bit better and then weโ€™re gonna get there and go to Washington tomorrow,โ€ Nets interim coach Kevin Ollie revealed after Brooklyn ended a season-high six-game skid with a grind-it-out 96-88 triumph over the Raptors.

The Nets (27-45) only have 10 games left to somehow reel in the 10th-place Atlanta Hawks (32-39) for the final spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.

Though it finally got back in the win column Monday after nearly two weeks, Brooklyn couldnโ€™t catch a break in the standings.

The Hawks miraculously overcame a 30-point deficit against NBA-best Boston Monday in Atlanta, pulling out a 120-118 triumph that left the Nets 5 1/2 games behind.

Without seven regulars, including four starters, Toronto was hardly a formidable opponent as the Nets posted their lowest-scoring win of the year.

But Ollie didnโ€™t have leading scorer Cam Thomas due to lower-back stiffness and what he described as spasms. Also, Brooklyn was missing back-up guard Dennis Smith Jr., starting forward Cam Johnson (toe) and Keita Bates-Diop (shin).

Fortunately, the Netsโ€™ younger, and somewhat taller and more energetic, lineup was up to the task of filling in.

Second-year forward Trendon Watford scored a season-high 19 points, 11 of which came in the second quarter. He also pulled down seven of Brooklynโ€™s 50 rebounds, helping his team to a 20-board advantage against the short-handed Raptors.

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