Nets don’t respect Process

Nearly half the fourth quarter remained when 76ers coach Brett Brown pulled Joel Embiid from the game.

Embiid wasn’t helping, anyway. In the sloppiest performance in the NBA this season, Philadelphia threw the ball just about everywhere except to its All-Star center.

D’Angelo Russell snapped out of a slump with 13 of his 21 points in the second half, and the Nets kept the 76ers winless on the road with a 122-97 victory on Sunday night.

The 76ers committed 28 turnovers, most in the NBA this season, leading to 39 points for the Nets.

“That is not who we are,” Brown said. “And I give credit to Brooklyn, but that is an unacceptable performance.” Brown added that the 76ers weren’t currently among the elite in the Eastern Conference, and his players didn’t argue after they fell to 0-5 away from home. They are 6-0 in Philadelphia.

“We’ve been playing soft,” said guard Ben Simmons, adding an expletive to describe the team’s play.

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson also scored 21 points and Caris LeVert notched 20 for the Nets. They took a small lead into halftime thanks to 17 Philadelphia turnovers, then blew it open with a 41-point third quarter that was one of the biggest in Barclays Center history.

They kept pouring it on in the fourth and Brown removed Embiid and Simmons facing a 24-point deficit.

“I would say turning the ball over a lot of the time is being lackadaisical or trying to force something that isn’t there,” Russell said. “I think everybody was aggressive tonight, 1 through 5.”

Embiid finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds but took only eight shots a day after going off for 39 points and 17 rebounds in a victory over Detroit.

“It’s not Golden State. We shouldn’t lose a game to Brooklyn by that many points,” Embiid said. “We didn’t compete.”