The Nets are heavily depleted, and played without four starters — Cam Thomas (hamstring), Cam Johnson (ankle), D’Angelo Russell (shin), Ben Simmons (lower back management) — and also recently hot Day’Ron Sharpe due to illness.

The Nets lost to the Pistons 113-98 and at times, it looked like there were two different teams playing with Brooklyn being so depleted. To that point, some of the younger players took advantage such as Noah Clowney,

Malik Beasley scored 23 points, Cade Cunningham had 13 points and the Detroit Pistons won their fifth straight game, 113-98 over the Brooklyn Nets