The Brooklyn Nets (15-38) went into the All-Star Break potentially feeling good about themselves after taking care of business against some of the worst teams in the league. While Brooklyn lost a winnable game to the Indiana Pacers before the Break, the Nets were still able to beat some of the other tanking teams on their schedule, but the rest of the season could be rough to watch.

“The Nets have lost 11 of their last 12 road games and will play seven of their first 10 post-break games outside of Brooklyn, starting with a tough back-to-back in Cleveland and Oklahoma City,” John Schuhmann wrote for NBA.com in his latest power rankings piece for the website. Schuhmann ranked the Nets as the 28th-worst team in the league not just because of their next few games, but also because of the team’s struggles performing in the clutch.

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“They’re 5-18 (.217) in games that were within five points in the last five minutes, which would be the worst clutch record for any team in the last 10 seasons,” Schuhmann continued while Brooklyn’s tendency to finish close games poorly. “They rank 27th in clutch offense (100.7 points scored per 100 possessions) and last in clutch defense (126.0 allowed per 100).”

With the Nets having one of the youngest teams in the league, it’s understandable that the team would struggled to execute down the stretch of close games, especially with two rookies in the backcourt. Despite the fact that Egor Demin and Nolan Traore have been playing better as the season has progressed, it’s worth noting that both first-year players, along with the rest of the team, have a negative plus/minus in clutch situations.

Be that as it may, the Nets are presumably more concerned with the development of Demin, Traore, and the rest of the rookies and younger players with the franchise still in the early stages of its rebuild. However, that won’t change the fact that Brooklyn still has 29 games to go and without Cam Thomas and Tyrese Martin on the roster, the Nets will be relying on its youth to develop and produce at the same time if they’re going to win more games.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets rank 28th in NBA.com’s power rankings after All-Star Break