The Nets followed their terrible performance against Golden State with an even worse one against the Pacers.

And that’s not their biggest problem.

Devin Harris left the game with what he thought was a broken pinky and was relieved to find out it was only sprained. Still, he couldn’t finish their 107-91 loss to the Danny Granger-less Pacers.

And that’s not the Nets’ biggest problem.

It’s what Harris said after the game, unsolicited and matter of fact. He never raised his voice, stayed calm and even was in a good mood. But it was big enough and serious enough for him to offer it up without provocation.

“We’re a little divided as a team right now,” he said.

Not shocking. They’re 2-21 after all. The surprising thing is that no one said anything like this when the Nets were losing 18 consecutive games. This was just their second straight loss and now they’re a team in crisis.

This, to most of us here, came out of left field. The Nets have been beaten plenty and been beaten badly plenty, so this seemed like just another bad loss.

But Harris, showing leadership, spoke up because he doesn’t want it to get worse and he wants everybody “to pull it together.”

When he was speaking, a couple of players looked over at Harris to see what was going on or hear what he was saying. This is a new role for Harris, but he handled it well.

Now the question is how will the Nets handle it? How will they respond to it? Because Harris opened up a whole new can of worms.

Everyone will ask questions about it at practice today and if/when the Nets lose at Atlanta, it will come up again and again and again.

This seems to have started from a story that portrayed Rafer Alston ripping his teammates for not staying together during tough times. Alston was right. Being around this team, they put their heads down and lose focus and poise when teams go on runs.

That’s pretty much what happened against the Pacers, who we must mention again was without Granger. The Nets never won without Harris. They’ve only won twice with him. The Pacers have won half as many without Granger and this was just the second game he missed.

Droughts at the end of the first and third periods and at the start of the fourth doomed the Nets, but their defense from the beginning really ruined their chances of getting this winnable game.

The Pacers are 22nd in points, 29th in field goal percentage, 27th in three-point accuracy. Without their best player, they rack up 107 points, shoot nearly 47 percent overall and 46 percent on threes, and Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert have their best nights as pros.

That’s an embarrassing performance following another embarrassing performance.

As one of the writers said, if these two games happened with Lawrence Frank here, there would be an outpouring of disgust and calls for his head. But it’s not the coach. It’s the players as Harris said.

They have to find it in themselves to come together. Harris made his plea after Alston spoke the truth and the response will be shortly forthcoming.

Al Iannazzone covers the Nets for The Record (Bergen County, N.J.)