Here are three thoughts on the Nets' 110-85 loss to the Pacers Saturday night in Brooklyn:
1. It's pretty clear that the Brook Lopez-Mason Plumlee partnership isn't working, both by the eye test and the numbers, and it's probably for the best if the Nets bail on the experiment.
In 61 minutes this season, including 13 in the past two games against the Celtics and Pacers, the Nets have been outscored by over 17 points per 100 possessions when that duo has been on the floor together, including being outscored 20-12 in seven minutes in Friday's win in Boston, and being outscored 16-7 in six minutes in Saturday's blowout loss to the Pacers.
Nets coach Lionel Hollins went to the Lopez-Plumlee pairing early in both games, and then went away from it as the game wore on and it was clear it didn't work. Given the way it's performed so far this season, it would be hard to blame Hollins if he chooses to stay away from it permanently.
2. Speaking of Lopez, he looked absolutely lost in this one, going scoreless in 15 minutes – for just the second time in his career, with the first coming back in November 2008, six games into his rookie season – and looking completely out or sorts.
Lopez said all the right things afterward, saying he needed to remain patient, do what he knows he's capable of and get back to playing the way he has throughout his career. But even in a game where he didn't play great, Plumlee still finished with nine points and eight rebounds, and it appears he has a pretty firm grip on the starting center job for some time to come.
3. You'll have a hard time finding a player as confident in his shot as Mirza Teletovic, but he's now working on a two-month slump.
Teletovic hit 31.2 percent of his 3-pointers in November, and has followed that up with 31.3 percent in December, while shooting 39.8 percent from the field since the start of November.
Coming into the season, Teletovic was expected to be a vital cog for the Nets off the bench, a stretch four capable of knocking down open 3-pointers and beating defenses off the dribble. So far, however, he's spent most of his season struggling to get going, something the Nets will hope will start to turn around soon.
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