SALT LAKE CITY _ The Nets' brutal seven-game road trip, starting with six Western Conference teams, is what they thought it would be. It's a house of horrors, and on Saturday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena, the Jazz also administered a strong dose of humiliation in a 114-96 victory.
It was the second straight loss on the trip for the Nets (36-35) after their defeat Wednesday in Oklahoma City, and their problems putting the ball in the basket only heightened their recent offensive struggles as owner Mikhail Prokhorov sat courtside watching. They have little time to mope about it because they face a back-to-back against the Clippers Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Lately, it seems the Nets' offense largely has consisted of point guards D'Angelo Russell and Spencer Dinwiddie taking turns getting their shot rather than creating for others. Not that they aren't trying to create, but no one around them was producing consistently on offense.
