NBA Twitter reacts to the Nets’ loss to the Bucks on opening night
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The Brooklyn Nets watched the Milwaukee Bucks receive their championship rings on Tuesday night, and then fell to the reigning champs in the season-opener, 127-104.
The Bucks jumped to a commanding 19-point lead in the first half, and while the Nets made several runs to cut the deficit throughout the game, Milwaukee never surrendered the lead.
The Nets were without Kyrie Irving, who will be missing indefinitely until he changes his stance on vaccination, and some fans are already worried the Nets might not be the favorites in the East if Brooklyn doesn’t have the full Big 3 in place.
Many fans were also surprised to see Bruce Brown ride the bench for essentially the entire game, only checking in late in the fourth with the game out of hand.
See: Brooklyn Nets player grades for opening night
Here’s what fans and analysts were saying on Tuesday night.
Brooklyn adjustments:
* stop playing LaMarcus
* free Bruce Brown
* vaccinate— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) October 20, 2021
Patty Mills in the 1st quarter for the Nets pic.twitter.com/McdWxertBp
— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) October 20, 2021
W/o Patty Mills, Nets would be dwn 30 right now. He’s going to be huge for Nets this season. #NBA75 #NetsBucks
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) October 20, 2021
"[Even] without Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets should win the Championship!"
—@stephenasmith pic.twitter.com/oiBWrjgG5x
— First Take (@FirstTake) October 19, 2021
Nets getting jumped and Kyrie is at the crib listening to Badu albums
— SSID/Former Baby (@1017Van) October 20, 2021
Brooklyn needs to pray that COVID dies down or Kyrie third eye close
— Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) October 20, 2021
Kyrie talked Kevin Durant into coming to Brooklyn and now he sitting at home watching KD get cooked cause he doesn't like to be told what to do.
— 👻Black Big Lebowski👻 (@LaJethroJenkins) October 20, 2021
KD after the Nets got blown out tonight: pic.twitter.com/RVSiPbbOyq
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) October 20, 2021
Harden & KD giving Kyrie the Vax after this game pic.twitter.com/x84HtNRCLf
— Dom2K🎃👻🧟♂️ (@Dom_2k) October 20, 2021
HUH? Kevin Durant was heating up, up to 32 points, Nets cut the lead to 14 with 4 minutes left, and STEVE NASH PULLED ALL HIS STARTERS??? KD can't be happy with that.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 20, 2021
Steve Nash says,
“There’s a lot of continuity that’s missing right now.”
— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) October 20, 2021
Hey Steve Nash:
– Where is Bruce Brown
– Where are the timeouts
– Why has Kevin Durant touched the ball two total times— Alec Sturm (@Alec_Sturm) October 20, 2021
Bruce Brown entered the game for the first time with 3:45 remaining and finished with 0 points, 1 rebounds, and 0 assists. pic.twitter.com/X6tfyFsPF9
— MrOverUnder (@MrOverUnder) October 20, 2021
I had to check the injury report:
WHERE IS BRUCE BROWN?????— KENNY BEECHAM (@KOT4Q) October 20, 2021
Blake Griffin, Paul Millsap and Aldridge in 2021 pic.twitter.com/YpPMD4i53l
— 🇨🇦N-jay🏀 (@_Njay3) October 20, 2021
Blake Griffin and Lamarcus Aldridge in practice pic.twitter.com/IXfI2txUdO
— ~Z~ (@TrxppeBosstar3) October 19, 2021
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