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The Nets were already without James Harden (hamstring). But an APB needed to be put out on Kevin Durant, who couldn’t be found in the Nets’ 113-109 loss to the Mavericks on Thursday. It’s the

Nets’ fourth loss in a row; not-so perfect timing for a team jockeying for playoff position.

Durant shot just 7-of-21 from the field for 20 points, missing all four of his attempts from deep. His night consisted of mostly clean and comfortable looks that just didn’t fall. .

Durant couldn’t heat up going to the rim, either. He missed back-to-back layups late in the fourth quarter, getting stopped on consecutive possessions as the Nets tried to rally back late in the game.

“I’ve gotta make them shots. I feel like I got good looks and I didn’t make them,” he said postgame. “I feel like if I would have made them, I would’ve settled the team down. So that’s a huge part of what I think didn’t go well for us.”

In that fourth period, Durant said he attempted shots he “shouldn’t have tried,” like a pull-up three over a double team and a runner going left.

“Just trying to get into the game scoring-wise, and sometimes that pushes me out of the game when I try those tough ones, but it’s all a learning experience,” he said.

His cold night came one game after he missed back-to-back attempts in the fourth quarter against the Bucks, which would have cut a five-point deficit to a two-point game in the Nets’ eventual 124-118 loss in Milwaukee. The cold shooting night was an outlier for a future first ballot Hall of Famer who is averaging 28 points per game on 54% shooting from the field, 48% shooting from three and 88% shooting from the foul line, where he made all six of his attempts on Tuesday.

“It’s trust my work and most of the times a mentality switch on what I need to do to be more effective and more efficient,” Durant said of the adjustment he’ll make after a rare poor performance.

The Nets don’t feel they need to tell anything to one of the greatest scorers of all-time: “He’s a Hall of Famer. He’s incredible at what he does. Everyone has off nights. He rarely has off shooting

AP Kyrie Irving scores 45 but Nets come up short against Luka Doncic (r.) on night Kevin Durant (inset below) hangs head during disappointing 20-point performance.