{"id":381420,"date":"2026-10-24T04:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381420\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T04:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:06:31","slug":"brooklyn-nets-must-have-short-memory-to-begin-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381420\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets Must Have Short Memory to Begin Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9r\">The Brooklyn Nets were unable to come out on top in their first game of the season, but they have to put that game behind them and move on quickly.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9w\">On Wednesday night, the start of a new season in Brooklyn was met with disappointment as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nets\/onsi\/three-takeaways-from-brooklyn-nets-home-opener-loss-to-hornets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nets fell to the Charlotte Hornets<\/a>. In a tight matchup throughout, the Nets had their chances to get an opening night win, but their fourth-quarter struggles ultimately were too much to overcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a1\">Considering where Brooklyn wants to be this season, getting wins against teams like Charlotte is certainly important. While that loss could come back to sting the Nets when April rolls around and the Eastern Conference standings are tight, they can\u2019t dwell on that possibility now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a6\">After all, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nets\/onsi\/brooklyn-nets-forward-duo-shows-promising-signs-in-opening-night-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wednesday night\u2019s matchup <\/a>was only one game of 82. Of course, the Nets need to approach every game with the appropriate mindset, but they also need to understand that each regular season game is still just one of 82.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ab\">With a back-to-back against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers coming up over the weekend, the Nets\u2019 ability to put that opening loss behind them will be put to the test. With a couple of teams with something to prove set to match up against the Nets, there won\u2019t be anything easy coming for Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ag\">For veterans like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nets\/onsi\/julius-randle-after-nets-opening-night-loss-there-s-a-lot-for-me-to-improve-on-01m5jvtc5e0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Julius Randle<\/a> and Michael Porter Jr., there\u2019s an understanding that the regular season is important, but getting too worked up over one game is a recipe for failure, regardless of the result. So, it\u2019s partially on that duo to ensure that the team has the right mindset and approach going into their upcoming games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"al\">While it\u2019s absolutely a possibility given their upcoming schedule, the last thing the Nets want is to be staring at a losing streak to begin the year again. So, putting the Charlotte loss behind them and taking away the necessary things from that matchup to prepare for this weekend is critical.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aq\">Younger players like Egor Demin can sometimes tend to dwell on performances like his 2-of-10 outing to begin the year. Still, as long as Jordi Fernandez and company can keep the team focused on the next game and not the past, the Nets should be set up for success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"av\">The Nets still have a long way to go this season, and as disappointing as it may be to begin the season with a loss, they have to put that behind them quickly and get ready to face some of the East\u2019s best teams.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-DyTSUUeL.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"b1\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets were unable to come out on top in their first game of the season, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-381420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}