The Brooklyn Nets made headlines after losing their top scorer, Cam Thomas, to injury for the season and subsequently faced a nail-biting defeat to the Boston Celtics, the reigning champions. The Nets, now 22-45, are struggling with only one win in their last eleven games. Despite a strong performance from Cam Johnson and a valiant comeback effort, they fell short by two points. The loss further impacts their playoff prospects, although they currently hold the fifth-best lottery odds in the league.
First the Nets lost their best scorer. Then they lost a heartbreaker to basketball's best team.
Cam Johnson - who had 23 points - hit a 3-pointer to pull Brooklyn within one with 4.5 seconds to play.
Brooklyn has the fifth-best lottery odds, moving half-game ahead of Philadelphia and two ahead of the seventh-place Raptors.
The Celtics were led by Kristaps Porzingis (24 points) and Jayson Tatum (20 points).
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