Nets’ Ziaire Williams scores 19 points in 109-106 loss at Warriors

The Brooklyn Nets (17-56) have been looking to win a game for quite some time as they began their current west coast road trip on a six-game losing streak. Brooklyn went into San Francisco, California hoping to get a win over a hobbled Golden State Warriors (35-38) team that just lost Moses Moody for the season, but the Nets weren’t able to take advantage of the opportunity.

The Nets lost at the Warriors on Wednesday 109-106 despite forcing Golden State to commit 26 turnovers, leading to 28 points for Brooklyn in front of a hostile Chase Center crowd. Forward Ziaire Williams once again led the way for the Nets with his 19 points and six steals while forward Jalen Wilson continued to take advantage of the extra playing time as he dropped 15 points and three rebounds.

The Nets held their own against Draymond Green and Golden State through the first three quarters, amassing as much as a 13-point lead in the game before the Warriors made their comeback in the fourth quarter. Green did his part as the veteran by stuffing the stat sheet (seven points, five rebounds, three assists) for Golden State, but Gui Santos was the star for the Warriors with his game-leading 31 points in 35 minutes.

This was yet another game where Brooklyn was being tasked with executing in the clutch (defined as a game within five points in the last five minutes) and the result was another loss. Despite the Nets shooting well on the offensive end (48.1% from the field, 36.4% from three-point land), they still have a losing streak as Golden State out-rebounded Brooklyn 43-27 and was 28-of-36 from the free-throw line.

In the end, the Nets did what they could to be in position to win on the road, especially when considering that Williams, center Nic Claxton, and forward Terance Mann did not play in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, Brooklyn comes out of Wednesday’s loss at the Warriors with a nine-game losing streak and the Nets will be hoping to pull off a major upset of Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.

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