Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Nolan Traore Stands Out<\/p>\nIn the second half of this season, Traore has seen more ebbs and flows in his game than he did prior to the All-Star Break, but there are games like this where he continues to show his potential. Within the context of the Wizards not playing the majority of their normal rotation, Traore finished the contest with 23 points and seven assists to just three turnovers.<\/p>\n
Jalen Wilson Continues Producing<\/p>\n
Wilson is one of the players that the Nets have been giving more playing time to in the wake of multiple injuries and the team officially being eliminated from postseason contention. Wilson, who will be a restricted free-agent this summer, is not only playing for his spot on the team next season, but he could be playing for his overall stock as a free-agent.<\/p>\n
Nets Lose Lottery Ground To Wizards<\/p>\n
While Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez and the rest of the players are competing to win every game, the organization is trying to get the best odds possible in the upcoming 2026 NBA Draft Lottery. While the Nets still have the third-worst record in the league following their win over Washington, Brooklyn essentially lost two games worth of ground on the Wizards, which could have substantial implications when the Lottery happens in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 6, 2026, 11:01 a.m. ET NEW YORK — The\u00a0Brooklyn Nets\u00a0(19-59) were riding a two-game losing streak prior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[72400,7,670,247,3803,6,671,1100,72503,72504,72404,72507,72505,75139,72444,72422,72405,72483,72406,72428,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-702989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-brooklynnets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nets","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-sstssportsnbanets","17":"tag-sstsnnets","18":"tag-tagbasketball","19":"tag-tagbrooklyn","20":"tag-tagbrooklyn-nets","21":"tag-tagjalen-wilson","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnba","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagwashington-wizards","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116362692904992764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702989","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=702989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}