It took just the opening minutes of the first quarter of the Nets’ 121-112 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday to know Brooklyn’s league-best 12-game winning streak would come to an end.
The Nets did not come out sharp in Chicago for their first of both a three-game road trip and a four-game stretch against playoff competition.
When the Bulls took a 7-2 lead at the 9:37 mark in the first quarter — a run that required Kevin Durant to hit back-to-back pull up threes for the Nets to sustain — it became clear the Bulls were going to have the better energy on the night.
