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James Harden, Nets try to solve home woes vs. Nuggets

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James Harden’s frustration emerged in a brief but testy media session after the Brooklyn Nets lost to LeBron James and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.

The Nets may be feeling upset about a lack of continuity and their current struggles, but they have little time to dwell on those issues. Brooklyn hosts red-hot Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday before embarking on a challenging five-game road trip.

The Nets are 6-9 in their past 15 games and 2-7 in their past nine home games, giving them the worst home record (12-12) of any team holding a top four seed in either conference. They are facing Jokic in a game that was originally slated for Dec. 19 but was postponed when the Nets had Harden, Kevin Durant and others in the COVID-19 protocol, leaving them without enough available players.

On Tuesday, the Nets shot 42 percent and committed 19 turnovers in a 106-96 loss to the Lakers, a game in which Brooklyn trailed for the entire final three quarters. The loss came…

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