The Nets continued through a rough patch for the team with their fifth-straight loss. This time it was to the Phoenix Suns on the road. Brooklyn got James Harden back for this one and we continue to see why the Harden/ Kyrie Irving pairing can really work. But they weren’t able to overcome a number of different things in this one. They struggled, at times, to contain Phoenix on defense with the Suns and Chris Paul picking them apart in different sequences. And the Nets had some questionable calls go against them as well. 

But Brooklyn didn’t help themselves either, with a string of very bad fouls that showed a lack of discipline at varying times. In all, they lose 121-111 in a game the Nets kept fighting back during, but ultimately couldn’t pull it out. 

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