Someone had to get their first win.

The Houston Rockets made sure it wasn’t the Nets , handing Brooklyn a 137-109 loss Monday night at Toyota Center to send it to 0-4 on the young season.

Coming off Sunday’s defeat in San Antonio , the Nets looked to salvage the second half of their Texas trip but once again struggled to sustain energy and execution for a full 48 minutes.

Brooklyn’s 522 points allowed through four games are the most in franchise history

“The energy that we’ve had at times, I need consistency and urgency,” head coach Jordi Fernández said. “And that has to be something that we cannot decide that we’re doing or not… It’s a matter of who we want to be… It’s just unacceptable to take an NBA game for granted.”

With Egor Demin sidelined and fellow rookies Drake Powell and

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