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The reign of Brooklyn Nets interim coach Kevin Ollie got off to a disastrous start on Thursday as they were beaten 121-93 by the Toronto Raptors.
Scottie Barnes had 18 points and 12 rebounds while Gary Trent Jr. scored 25 points for the Raptors.
Immanuel Quickley added 24 points and RJ Barrett got 12 and matched a season high with seven ᴀssists as the Raptors snapped a three-game home losing streak and recorded their first win in 12 games against Atlantic Division opponents this season.
Mikel Bridges led Brooklyn with 21 points on another frustrating night for the Nets.
Ollie replaced Jacque Vaughn on Tuesday, a day after Vaughn was fired following a 21-33 start.
The reign of Brooklyn Nets interim coach Kevin Ollie got off to a disastrous start in Toronto
Immanuel Quickley scored 24 points for the Raptors as they picked up a routine 121-93 win
Ollie replaced Jacque Vaughn on Tuesday, a day after Vaughn was fired following a 21-33 start
Cam Thomas scored 19 points for the Nets, who failed to extend a five-game winning streak against Toronto. Brooklyn has lost three straight and six of seven.
Vaughn’s final game in charge, also Brooklyn’s last before the All-Star break, was a 136-86 loss to the Boston Celtics on Feb. 14. It was the Nets’ worst defeat since leaving New Jersey in 2012.
The Nets made a season-high 20 turnovers Thursday, leading to 32 points for the Raptors. Brooklyn´s previous high for turnovers was 19, done twice.
Bridges and Thomas were the only Nets starters to score in double figures. Ben Simmons had two points in 21 minutes, making one of two sH๏τs. Former Raptors guard Dennis Schroder sH๏τ 1 for 7 and scored four points off the bench.
Toronto’s biggest lead was 34 points. The Raptors outscored Brooklyn 46-10 on fast-break points, a season best in that category.
Quickley sH๏τ 5 for 8 from 3-point range and has made at least one sH๏τ from distance in 27 consecutive games, matching a career-best streak. He also did it last season.
Scottie Barnes had 18 points and 12 rebounds while Gary Trent Jr. scored 25 points for Toronto
Struggling Ben Simmons contributed two points in 21 minutes, making one of two sH๏τs
Toronto was up 30-21 after one quarter and led 59-48 at the half. Quickley scored 11 points in the third as the Raptors extended their advantage to 82-71 heading to the fourth.
Guard D.J. Carton made his Toronto debut after signing a 10-day contract on Wednesday and scored three points in four minutes.
Earlier on Thursday, DailyMail.com reported that members of the billionaire Koch family are in talks to purchase a minority stake in the Nets.
Bloomberg were first to report news of the potential deal, which could also include BSE Global – the Nets holding company that also owns its Barclays Center home and the WNBA’s New York Liberty among other sporting ᴀssets.
Talks are said to be ongoing between the Koch family and Nets owner Joe Tsai, who completed a $3.5billion deal to ᴀssume full control of the NBA franchise back in 2019.
The Koch family – led by 88-year-old Charles Koch – are one of the richest and most influential in the country with an estimated net worth of $64bn.
Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai (left) is in talks to sell a minority stake to the billionaire Koch family, led by Charles Koch (right)
The Koch family, worth an estimated $64bn, are discussing a potential deal for a 10 percent stake in the Nets (Pictured: Charles Koch with son Chase)
It is believed their family investment vehicle, 1888 management, is interested in purchasing the stake in the Nets.
According to Sportico, the Koch family are in discussions to acquire a 10 percent stake in BSE Global, with Julia Koch understood to be at the heart of those talks.
Julia is one of the richest women on the planet with an estimated fortune of $59bn, which she inherited from late husband David.
Koch Industries, the family business in which both David and brother Charles joined back in the 1960s and 70s, is the second largest privately held company in the United States.
The Koch brothers have also been donors for the Republican party over the years, spending $400m to promote conservative policies back in 2018.
The Nets are valued at just under $4bn, making them the fifth most-valuable team in New York behind the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Jets.
Should the Koch family purchase shares in the franchise, the Nets would have the second-richest ownership group in the NBA behind only Clippers billionaire Steve Ballmer.
