Depleted Nets suffer worst loss in franchise history in 59-point defeat to Clippers

LOS ANGELES — The Nets’ loss Wednesday blew right past horrific to historic.The biggest beating in team history.One of the Top 10 worst routs in NBA history.And in the end, a 126-67 thrashing at the hands of the Clippers at the glistening new Intuit Dome that has already become a house of horrors for Brooklyn.It’s a result that will stick in the Nets’ craw.Or at least it should.“You just feel like you’re not doing your job, honestly,” said center Nic Claxton, who finished with two points on 1-of-7 shooting in 16:35 after being questionable with hamstring tightness.“We’ve all got a lot of pride, so we’ve just got to be better.

And we can’t lose like this, though.Definitely can’t happen.”Claxton was the only proven starter on the floor for Brooklyn, which has dropped six of its last seven.

They played without leading scorer Cam Thomas, shooter Cam Johnson and point guards D’Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons.“Damn, I don’t know if I ever lost by this much.It’s frustrating.

It’s definitely frustrating.And I feel like we’ve been getting beat by a lot lately, if I’m being honest,” Claxton said.

“But we’re getting some guys back, and we’ve just got to keep fighting.Have short-term memory.”It was by far the most lopsided rout in Nets history.

And it will surely be one of the most humbling in recent memory, even by the standards of a tanking team.The Nets trailed by a mind-bending 64 points with 5 ½ minutes to play, on pace for the fourth-worst in NBA history.Only a late push saw them end up as tied for the 10th-worst — and got them past their lowest-scoring output in franchise history, the 62 points they were held to by Cavaliers on Jan.

28, 1997.Of course the record was a 73-point loss by Oklahoma City in 2021, and the Thunder now are a league-best 33-6.But the Nets (14-27) are just starting their rebuild.“This is not the time to point or deflect anything,” Jordi Fernandez said.

“It’s time for everybody to ow...