After routing the Warriors in Oakland, 130-97, this past Saturday night, the Lakers did the same to New Jersey at Staples the following night, hammering the Nets 106-87. With that loss, the Nets tied a league record for most consecutive losses to start a season with 17.
Tonight, back in Jersey, the Nets hosted the Dallas Mavericks in hopes of trying to avoid history with the worst start in NBA history to start a season without a win. Instead, they took another beating, losing to Dallas, 117-101, in a game that wasn't even that close. The Nets now own a part of NBA history... for futility.
0-18.
No team has ever had such a start.
The Mavs held a 77-50 halftime lead and shot a ridiculous 81% from the field in the first half, including 90% in the second quarter. The game was actually tied at one point at 28, but the Mavs blew the game open from there, and never looked back. They led by as much as 31 points early in the third quarter.
The announced crowd at the Izod Center in Jersey was just under 11,700, but there probably wasn't even that many fans in the building, so the chorus of boos was hardly noticeable as the final seconds evaporated off the clock.
Meanwhile, while the Nets were creating new history, the Lakers continued their march towards another title.
After the blowouts against the Warriors and Nets, the Lakers buzzed past the Hornets last night at Staples, 110-99, their seventh straight win, improving to 14-3 on the young season. Coupled with a stunning Phoenix Suns loss to the hapless New York Knicks, the Lakers leap-frogged the Suns into first place in the Pacific Division. The Suns then proceded to follow last night's embarrassment with another ugly loss tonight, 107-90 in Cleveland.
With another off day tomorrow night, they get Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat on Friday night, and then Phoenix on Sunday night, both at Staples.
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