{"id":687625,"date":"2026-03-30T08:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/687625\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:29:19","slug":"nets-end-10-game-losing-streak-with-win-over-kings-that-hurts-draft-lottery-chances-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/687625\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets end 10-game losing streak with win over Kings that hurts draft lottery chances"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows Brooklyn Nets player Noah Clowney (21) shooting over Sacramento Kings players Devin Carter (22) and Daeqwon Plowden (29)<\/p>\n

The Nets snapped the longest losing skid in the NBA.<\/p>\n

The victory was Pyrrhic.<\/p>\n

The 116-99 win over tanking rival Sacramento at Barclays Center broke a 10-game slide but sank their odds in the all-important lottery.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn improved to 18-57, but fell to third in the lottery standings with just seven games left in a lost season that\u2019s been all about that lottery position.<\/p>\n

The Nets stayed a game behind Indiana, but fell a half-game behind Washington in the lottery race. They\u2019re now just a half-game ahead of fourth-place Sacramento after beating the Kings in a game they might\u2019ve been better off losing.<\/p>\n

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Nets forward Noah Clowney (21) goes to the basket against Sacramento Kings guards Devin Carter (22) and Daeqwon Plowden (29) during the first half at the Barclays Center. Sunday, March 29, 2026 Noah K. Murray- for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201c[I liked] the aggression, the physicality and being aggressive from the beginning,\u201d coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cSo, way to fight. Very happy with the game. Very happy with the minutes. Everybody contributed, and it was very, very positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ochai Agbaji led Brooklyn with a season-high 18 points and was plus-20 in 25 minutes off the bench. Nolan Traore had 17 points and six assists, while fellow rookie Drake Powell added 16 points on 4-for-6 shooting from deep.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn led by as much as 27, up 50-23 midway through the second quarter on a layup by Nic Claxton. Noah Clowney added 15 points, seven boards, two steals and two blocks in his second game back from a wrist injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just talked. They run a lot of similar things to us, so it\u2019s very simple in knowing what they\u2019re about to do. A lot of the calls are similar,\u201d Clowney said. \u201cSo just being connected, focused on what we need to do, and communicating. It\u2019s not complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nets guard Nolan Traore (88) reacts after making a 3-point shot against the Sacramento Kings during the second half at the Barclays Center. Sunday, March 29, 2026 in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Brooklyn Nets won 116-99. Noah K. Murray- for NY Post<\/p>\n

Traore is averaging 11.3 points and five assists in his past 24 games.<\/p>\n

The Nets were already without lottery pick Egor D\u00ebmin (plantar fasciitis), Michael Porter Jr. (left hamstring strain), Day\u2019Ron Sharpe (left thumb surgery) and rookie Danny Wolf (left ankle sprain). Then Josh Minott (left hip contusion) and Jalen Wilson (illness) were both ruled out pregame against Sacramento after having been listed as questionable.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s three two-ways and 10-day Malachi Smith were all available.<\/p>\n

The Kings played without Russell Westbrook, Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, Malik Monk, Keegan Murray, De\u2019Andre Hunter and Drew Eubanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows Brooklyn Nets player Noah Clowney (21) shooting over Sacramento…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7264,7,670,247,3803,18687,1042,3208,4672,997,11057,227,113,4609,7272,3210,4056,171,17606,1267,562,6,671,2728,3805,3545,10513,254,986,477,3212],"class_list":["post-687625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn-nets","tag-barclays-center","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklynnets","tag-daeqwon-plowden","tag-danny-wolf","tag-devin-carter","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-drake-powell","tag-drew-eubanks","tag-egor-demin","tag-indiana","tag-jalen-wilson","tag-josh-minott","tag-keegan-murray","tag-kings","tag-lottery","tag-malachi-smith","tag-malik-monk","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nba","tag-nets","tag-nic-claxton","tag-noah-clowney","tag-nolan-traore","tag-ochai-agbaji","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-zach-lavine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116317192802393875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}