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October–November

The Nets' season began on October 30 with a 94–98 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[3] In their home opener at the Barclays Center, the Nets defeated the Miami Heat, 101–100, on November 1.^[4] On November 3, the Nets lost to the Orlando Magic, being downed 1–2 in the regular season.^[5] The Nets had defeated the Utah Jazz in a blowout on November 5.^[6] In the first game of back-to-backs on November 8, the Nets lost to the Washington Wizards in overtime, 108–112.^[7] On November 9, the Nets lost the second game of the back-to-back to the Indiana Pacers, 91–96.^[8] The Sacramento Kings defeated the Nets in a blowout on November 13, losing three straight games.^[9]

On November 15, the Nets defeated the Phoenix Suns 100–98 in overtime.^[10] The Nets lost on November 16 to the Los Angeles Clippers, 103–110.^[11] In their game against the Clippers, the Nets were without four of their starters, due to injuries.^[11] The Nets lost against the Portland Trail Blazers on November 18.^[12] On November 20, the Nets were defeated 91–95 by the Charlotte Bobcats.^[13] On November 22, the Nets lost four straight following a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.^[14] After losing to the Detroit Pistons, their losing streak stretched to five on November 24.^[15]

On November 26, the Nets defeated the Toronto Raptors, 102–100, to end their losing streak.^[16] However, the Nets lost to the Los Angeles Lakers on November 27.^[17] On November 29, the Nets lost against the Houston Rockets.^[18] At the end of the month, the Nets defeated the Memphis Grizzlies with a 5–12 record.^[19]

December

The Nets would begin the month of December with a blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets.^[20] On December 5, the Nets would continue their losing ways in another blowout loss against the New York Knicks.^[21] On December 7, the Nets would defeat the Milwaukee Bucks.^[22] Then, the Nets would defeat the Boston Celtics on December 10.^[23] The Nets would extend their winning streak to three following a win against the Clippers on December 12.^[24] Their brief winning streak would come to an end on December 13 against the Pistons.^[25]

On December 16, the Nets easily defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in a 36-point blowout.^[26] In that game, Joe Johnson, managed to shoot eight three-point field goals in the third quarter to tie an official NBA record.^[27] The Nets would lose against the Wizards on December 18.^[28] Two days later, the Nets would lose to the 76ers in overtime, 120–121.^[29] The 76ers would win the game with a buzzer beater by Evan Turner.^[28] On December 21, Brook Lopez was sidelined with a fractured right foot that ended his season.^[30]

On December 23, the Nets would lose their third straight game to the Pacers.^[31] Then, the Nets would lose again on Christmas, this time to the Chicago Bulls, stretching their losing streak to four.^[32] On December 27, the Nets would finally win by defeating the Bucks.^[33] Following the win, the Nets would lose against the Pacers on December 28.^[34] To end the calendar year, the Nets would lose against the San Antonio Spurs for the second December 31 in a row.^[35] Heading into 2014, the Nets were 10–21.^[34]

January

At the turn of the calendar, the Nets' misfortunes had been lifted on January 2 when Joe Johnson shot a buzzer beater against the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the game 95–93.^[36] The Nets would defeat the Cavaliers, 89–82, on January 4.^[37] To win their third straight game, the Nets defeated the Atlanta Hawks.^[38] On January 8, the Nets then ended the Golden State Warriors' 10-game winning streak, becoming 4–0 in 2014.^[39] Then, on January 10, the Nets' winning streak extended to 5 games after a victory against the Heat in double overtime.^[40]

The Nets would suffer their first defeat in 2014 to the Raptors on January 11.^[41] On January 16, the Nets would defeat the Hawks in The O2 Arena in London.^[42] The Nets would head to Madison Square Garden and blowout their cross-city rival, the Knicks, on January 20.^[43] On January 21, the Nets would defeat the Magic, winning their third straight game.^[44] The Nets would then defeat the Dallas Mavericks by one point, and going 9–1 in 2014.^[45] On January 26, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett would go back to Boston and win their fifth straight game.^[46]

The Nets would suffer their second loss of the year on January 27 to the Raptors, losing by one point (103–104).^[47] As the month was coming to a close, the Nets would be handed a third loss by the Thunder on January 31.^[48] At the end of the month, the Nets' record would be 20–24.^[48]

February

In their first game of the month, the Nets would lose by one point (96–97) to the Pacers on February 1.^[49] On February 3, the Nets defeated the 76ers, 108–102.^[50] On the same day, Kidd would be named the Coach of the Month for January, when he coached the team to have a 10–3 record in that month.^[51] Playing an injury-plagued Spurs on February 6, the Nets defeated San Antonio.^[52] On February 7, the Nets were defeated by the Pistons.^[53] With the Nets' rookie, Mason Plumlee, leading the team for the night, Brooklyn defeated the New Orleans Pelicans on February 9.^[54]

On February 12, the Nets defeated the Bobcats behind Pierce's 25 points.^[55] The Nets were defeated by 16 points against the Bulls on February 13.^[56] Representing the Nets, Johnson had scored 5 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game.^[57] Playing the Jazz in the EnergySolutions Arena, the Nets defeated Utah on February 19, 105–99.^[58] On February 22, the Nets lost to the Warriors.^[59]

The Nets won against the Lakers on February 23, 108–102.^[60] In that game, Jason Collins made his debut as the first publicly gay athlete to play in any of four major North American pro sports leagues.^[60] On February 26, the Nets were defeated in a 44-point blowout against the Trail Blazers.^[61] To respond to their humiliating loss, the Nets defeated the Nuggets by 23 points.^[62] The Nets would end the month of February being two games under .500, 27–29.^[62]

March

To start off the month of March, the Nets defeated the Bucks behind Marcus Thornton's 25 points.^[63] The Nets were at the .500 mark (29–29) for the first time since November 5 with a victory against the Bulls on March 3.^[64] Two days later, the Nets were above .500 for the first time (30–29) of the season after defeating the Grizzlies and winning their third straight game.^[65]

On March 7, the Nets were defeated by the Celtics, ending their 3-game winning streak.^[66] The Nets would bounce back to win in a back-to-back against Sacramento and Toronto from March 9–10.^[67][68] To win three straight games once more, the Nets defeated the Heat on March 12, 96–95, due to a bad inbound pass by Chris Bosh.^[69] The Nets' winning streak would end against the Wizards on March 15.^[70]

On March 17, the Nets defeated the Suns behind Williams' 28 points.^[71] To win their tenth straight home game, the Nets defeated the Bobcats on March 19, 104–99.^[72] On March 21, the Nets would defeat the Celtics in a blowout.^[73] On March 23, the Nets completed a season sweep of the Mavericks for the first time since the 1999–2000 season, by defeating them 107–104 in overtime.^[74]

In overtime, the Nets would be defeated by the Pelicans on March 24, 104–109.^[75] Playing in their third straight overtime game, the Nets would lose 111–116, to the Bobcats on March 26.^[76] On March 28, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers.^[77] The Nets would end the month defeating the Timberwolves and tying a franchise-record 13-straight home games on March 30.^[78] With the month over, the Nets' record would be at 39–33.^[78]

April

The Nets would end their 14-game losing streak versus the Rockets on April 1, extend their home game winning streak to 14, and clinch a playoff berth in the process.^[79] On the same day, Kidd was named the Coach of the Month for March, when he coached the team to have a 12–4 record in that month.^[80] The Nets would be defeated in a 29-point blowout against the Knicks on April 2.^[81] On April 4, the Nets won a franchise record of 15-consecutive home games following a 116–104 win over the Pistons.^[82] Brooklyn had defeated the 76ers on April 5, 105–101.^[83] The Nets completed a 4-game season sweep against the Heat on April 8, which would be the first time that a team would sweep the Heat during the Miami Big 3 (Chris Bosh, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade) era.^[84]

The Nets would lose 111–115 to the Magic on April 9.^[85] On April 11, the Nets were defeated by the Hawks, 88–93.^[86] To avenge their earlier loss, the Nets defeated the Magic on April 13.^[87] The Nets lost by 11 points to the Knicks on April 15.^[88] On April 16, the Nets' regular season ended with an 85–114 loss to the Cavaliers.^[89] Following the loss, the Nets finished with a 44–38 record, being the sixth seed in the 2014 NBA Playoffs.^[89] It was widely suspected that Brooklyn's late season losses correlated with a preference for facing Toronto in the first round.^[90]

Standings

First round

For the Nets, the 2014 NBA Playoffs began against division-rival Toronto Raptors. The series began on April 19, with the Nets winning Game 1, 94–87.^[91] The Raptors responded to the loss with a 100–95 win in Game 2 to even the series 1–1.^[92] To take the series lead once more, the Nets came up with a 102–98 victory in Game 3.^[93] In Game 4, the Raptors evened the series 2–2, as the Nets lost 79–87.^[94] The Nets trailed the series for the first time after a Game 5 loss, despite outscoring the Raptors by 20 points in the fourth quarter.^[95] After their disappointing loss in Game 5, the Nets fought for their season as they blew-out the Raptors in Game 6 with a 97–83 victory.^[96] The Nets moved on to the conference semifinals with a late game block by Paul Pierce against Raptors' guard Kyle Lowry for a 104–103 victory in the final Game 7.^[97]

Conference semifinals

Going on to the conference semifinals, the Nets were going to meet the Miami Heat, the very team that they had swept in the regular season.^[84] In Game 1, the Nets had lost in a 21-point blowout.^[98] The Nets would lose Game 2, 82–94.^[99] Knowing they would go 0–3 in the series if they lose, the Nets relied on the three-point field goal to defeat the Heat.^[100] In Game 4, the Nets fell 1–3 in the series by losing by six points in a game where LeBron James scored a then playoff career-high 49 points.^[101] With the opportunity to take Game 5 to overtime, when the Nets were trailing the series 1–3, Joe Johnson had failed to attempt a game-tying shot, losing 96–94, thus ending their 2013–14 season.^[102]

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