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The end: Nets finish season on a 10-game losing streak, 103-96

By Anthony Puccio
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It's been a long 82-game season and it certainly ended in appropriate fashion: with a 10-game losing streak.

With a 103-96 loss to the Toronto Raptors, the Nets finished the season with a 21-61 record, the 3rd-worst in the league.  Since the Nets traded their first round pick to Boston, the Celtics are the beneficiary of the loss and the season. They now have a 15.6 percent chance at the No.1 pick in the May 17 draft lottery.

The Raptors were without DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry, Cory Joseph, Luis Scola and Jonas Valanciunas, but the Nets failed to capitalize.

Brooklyn started the game with a 21-4 run. It was looking a lot like Monday night against the Wizards ... just reversed. Then, before you knew it the Raptors took a 38-37 lead in the second quarter and never looked back.

The Nets did a good job of fighting throughout, but fell back by 16 in the third quarter and failed to fully recover.

Bojan Bogdanovic did all he could and scored 29 points on seven 3-pointers. His help was limited though, as Henry Sims (10 points), Sean Kilpatrick (12 points) and Donald Sloan (11 points) were the only other Nets in double figures.

For Toronto, Normal Powell led all scorers with 30 points and nine rebounds, while Terrence Ross chipped in 24 off the bench.

Editor's note: Between myself, Net Income and Tom -- we'd like to thank the entire NetsDaily community for sticking aboard and making things fun during one of the toughest seasons in franchise history.

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