What’s clear is they fell back into their losing ways, suffering a 121-102 thrashing at the hands of the Trail Blazers before a sellout crowd of 18,018 at Barclays Center. The loss marked their third straight, after a hot stretch that had seen them win seven of nine.

The Brooklyn Nets (21-38) were coming off a disappointing, but encouraging loss on Wednesday against the Oklahoma City Thunder and were seemingly excited to have Cam Thomas back in the lineup for the first time in a long time.