This game was mostly a back-and-forth affair as neither team could separate from the other until the fourth quarter when Toronto opened the fourth quarter with a 25-8 run. With that being said, here are three Nets takeaways from Wednesday's loss at the Raptors:

The 2024-25 season hasn’t exactly gone smoothly for the Toronto Raptors. They were not expected to win too many games this year as they continued their rebuild, but they have fallen on hard times as of late.

The Raptors were on the longest skid in the NBA. Then the Nets showed them how losing is done — losing not just a game but two players. Brooklyn got mauled 130-113 by the woeful Raptors before 19,104 at Scotiabank Arena,

The Raptors already have more points against the Nets than they managed in total against the Celtics last Tuesday. It's still anybody's game after three quarters, but the Raptors are currently ahead of the Nets 94-91.

Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks (17-14) will host the Brooklyn Nets (12-21) at Fiserv Forum on Thursday, January 2. The game starts at 8:00 PM ET.Their last time out, the Bucks won on

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