Nets’ Chaney Johnson has mixed results in start for injured Egor Demin

An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows Chaney Johnson rises up for a dunk past Ausur Thompson during the first quarter of the Nets' 110-94 loss to the Pistons at Barclays Center Egor Dëmin is going to miss at least the next week with a right leg bone bruise. And Brooklyn sorely missed his offense Friday night. The Nets went ice-cold in a 110-94 loss to visiting Detroit, missing Dëmin's spacing and secondary playmaking. Brooklyn was short-handed, so they went big-bodied, with Jordi Fernández eschewing going to the bench for a guard (such as Keon Ellis or Terance Mann) and instead handing 6-foot-7, 235-pound two-way Chaney Johnson only his second career start — and his first in the backcourt. The results were mixed. Johnson's size and athleticism helped the defense, especially on Pistons star Cade Cunningham. "Our offense is not … we're not generating the looks we want. Part of it is every night is a new lineup's playing together. Chemistry is a real thing," Michael Porter Jr. said. "So lineups can have something to do with it. Egor is out, we put Chaney in there. That's a group that hasn't played together. So sometimes when it comes to the positions we're playing on the floor, it might be confusing for some guys.