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NEW YORK -- When Larry Nance Jr. kept climbing until he had all but jumped over Brook Lopez for an electrifying dunk late in the third quarter, the Lakers looked ready to overcome any obstacles standing in their way.Then the Brooklyn Nets made sure that was about the final highlight for Los Angeles.Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points, Sean Kilpatrick had 22 and the Nets sent the Lakers to their eighth straight loss with a 107-97 victory Wednesday night.Nances dunk came near the end of the Lakers 33-point third period, but they managed just seven baskets in the fourth -- none over the final 6-plus minutes.Our offense kind of hit a wall, Nance said.Lopez added 20 points for the Nets, who played without Jeremy Lin again but avoided a third consecutive defeat. Trevor Booker grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds and helped key Brooklyns rare fourth-quarter defensive stand.I think if were going to take a step thats where we need to take a step, is defensively, coach Kenny Atkinson said. I was very pleased.Lou Williams scored 16 points for the Lakers, who have fallen from a .500 team early in Luke Waltons first season as coach to one that is 10-18. They shot 38.5 percent from the field and were dismal as well from 3-point range (22 percent) and the free throw line (61.8).As a group, as a team, weve got a lot to learn about winning and how hard it is, Walton said. Its frustrating, but its where we are at. Like I told our guys, were going to find a way out. When that is? Time will tell.The Lakers led by one midway through the fourth before consecutive follow shots by Luis Scola and Lopez put Brooklyn on top for good, and Lopez had back-to-back baskets later during an 11-2 run that gave the Nets a 102-94 advantage with 4:47 to play.Los Angeles kept misfiring and the Nets eventually increased the lead to double digits near the end.Nick Young scored 14 points but shot 5 of 15 for the Lakers, who had won the last three meetings. He dislocated his finger but said he was OK.It wasnt no real Kobe moment, he said. You know, it wasnt that (badly) dislocated. It will be all right.TIP-INSLakers: Young and DAngelo Russell both played their third game since an injury absence. Walton said a minutes restriction remained in place for Russell, who missed 12 games with a sore left knee, but no longer for Young, who was sidelined six games with a strained right calf. ... The Lakers lost for just the fourth time in the last 20 meetings.Nets: Bogdanovic had his sixth 20-point game of the season but first at home. ... The Lakers 13 second-quarter points were the fewest the Nets have allowed in any period this season.LINS LOSSLin had just returned from a 17-game absence with a strained left hamstring to play in the Nets loss at Houston on Monday. Atkinson said the point guards back tightened up Wednesday morning and Lin was ruled out shortly before the game.WALTONS WORDSWalton was fined $15,000 by the NBA for verbally abusing a game official and not leaving the court in a timely manner after an ejection for arguing what he thought should have been a foul in a loss to Sacramento. But apparently, he wont change his fighting ways when he deems it necessary. Our guys arent getting treated right, then Im going to stand up for them, Walton said.UP NEXTLakers: Visit Philadelphia on Friday for the third stop on their seven-game trip.Nets: Visit Orlando on Friday. The Magic have won the last four meetings. Cheap NBA Jerseys From China . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Wholesale NBA Jerseys China . 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LANDOVER, Md. -- Reality hit the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night: Their season is on the brink after a 42-24 loss to the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field served as the Packers fourth straight defeat.With six games remaining, they are 4-6 and two games behind NFC North co-leaders Detroit and Minnesota.Even if they stop the streak next Monday night in Philadelphia, the Packers will be two games behind in the division because the Lions and Vikings play Thursday in the annual Thanksgiving game in Detroit.We understand clearly whats in front of us, so six losses puts your ass against the wall, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Sunday. And thats where we are.Its an unusual position for a McCarthy-coached team. The Packers streak of seven playoff appearances is in jeopardy. They havent had a losing season since?Aaron Rodgers first year as the starting quarterback in 2008.Obviously coming in here, we knew we needed this game, McCarthy said. This puts us at 4-6, and our backs are up against it. Weve lost four in a row, lost some guys tonight to injury. Its important for us to get back home, hopefully assess where we are, move forward and get reaady for Philadelphia.dddddddddddd Just didnt play well enough.It was another poor performance by the Packers defense, which has allowed 30 or more points in four straight games -- the first time a Packers team has done that since 1953, according to Elias Sports Bureau research. In each of the past two games, coordinator Dom Capers unit has given up 40-plus points.Defense, we didnt stop em, McCarthy said. Our pass defense, we didnt get off the field. It was touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, field goal in the second half. I think that tells the story.Still, McCarthy insisted his team was going to rally, stick together.Weve got a good taste of the reaction of our football team to five losses, so clearly understand its not going to get any better being at six losses, McCarthy said. So thats part of the challenge in front of us, and I have all the confidence in the world. This is a great group of men, so I dont question that part of it. But we all need to perform better, and we did not get it done tonight. ' ' '