Following the Nets: Loss No. 57

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DALLAS -- Nets guard Courtney Lee had that WTF look in his eyes.



People who have played sports or fans who can't-believe-what-they-just-saw know that look. It's a glazed, tired stare that focuses on nothing in front of you (in Lee's case, the soft exoskeletons of ankle tape laying in a heap before him) but going over in your mind everything you just left behind, including an 18-point, second-quarter lead against the hottest team in the NBA.



That's right, the Nets led 41-23 against the Mavs, who had won 12 straight entering Wednesday night's game against New Jersey. But in the end, it turned out to be loss No. 57 for the Nets and the 13th straight win for the Mavs, 96-87. As Art Garcia of NBA.com noted, the Mavs' streak is now almost double New Jersey's win total for the season.



Such is life for the Nets these days as each game seems to be a Sisyphean task: every time they seem to have pushed the rock up the hill, something happens to make the rock roll back down again. In this case, that something was the Mavs' depth.



When Dallas can pull out a win when Dirk Nowitzki goes 3-for-16 from the field and their third-leading scorer for the night, Rodrigue Beaubois with 16, fouls out with 5:35 to go in the game, that's a team with options.

 

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