{"id":243192,"date":"2021-05-06T04:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T01:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-looking-to-reverse-road-trip-free-fall\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T04:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T01:58:41","slug":"nets-looking-to-reverse-road-trip-free-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-looking-to-reverse-road-trip-free-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets looking to reverse road trip free-fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets looking to reverse road trip<\/a> free-fall<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Knicks were supposed to be the local team in danger of a disastrous road trip. Instead, so far the Nets have flopped, equaling a season-high three-game<\/a> losing streak. Now, the remaining three games of their five-game, 10-day trip have taken on added significance.<\/p>\n

Instead of looking to fortify themselves as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Nets are in danger of dropping to the third seed and losing home-court advantage in the second round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

After losing two straight games in Milwaukee, the Nets now trail the 76ers by two games in the loss column for the top spot in the East with six games to go. Even more worrisome, they lead the Bucks by just a single game in the loss-column, and no longer hold the tie-breaker. That makes Thursday\u2019s game in Dallas and Saturday\u2019s game in Denver, that much more important. The two Western Conference foes, both of them current playoff teams, could determine the Nets\u2019 seeding.<\/p>\n

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The Bucks and Sixers both have relatively soft schedules by comparison. They each will face just one team with a winning record (the Heat) the rest of the way. The Nets are 0-4 against Milwaukee and Philadelphia on the road, and 2-0 at home versus the two teams.<\/p>\n

In their first meeting with the Mavericks, on Feb. 27 at Barclays Center, the Nets were overwhelmed, 115-98, while playing without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. Both will play Thursday, although James Harden (hamstring) will remain out.<\/p>\n