NEW YORK -- For the first time this season, as losses mount, Brooklyn Nets rookie coach Jason Kidd was critical of his team and admitted that it is getting complacent.

Playing their first game after finding out that center Brook Lopez would be lost for the season because of a fractured fifth metatarsal of his right foot, the Nets were blown out by the Indiana Pacers 103-86 Monday night at the Barclays Center and booed by the home crowd.

"Well, I think it is getting very close to just accepting losing," Kidd said after his team lost its third straight to drop to 9-18 this season. "We are kind of getting comfortable with losing. And we got to make a stand with that because when things get tough, do we just give in, and most of the time right now we do."

The Nets came into the season with the NBA's highest payroll -- an estimated $190 million counting the impending luxury tax -- and extremely high expectations. But they've failed to meet them.

During the summer, Nets general manager Billy King mortgaged the future, relinquishing several future assets to acquire veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry in an effort to try to win now. So far, it hasn't worked out.

On Monday night, Garnett and Pierce both left without talking to the media. Pierce was automatically ejected after being assessed a flagrant foul 2 for clotheslining Pacers point guard George Hill as Hill tried to finish a layup in transition with 4:22 remaining in the third quarter. He could face a fine or suspension from the NBA league office as a result.

Pierce (0-for-7) was held scoreless for the first time since March 9, 1999 -- the 16th professional game of his 16-year career. Garnett went 3-for-10 from the field in 19 minutes. Both players have struggled mightily while trying to fit in with their new team for most the season.

Told of Kidd's comment, point guard Deron Williams said, "I'm not. I'm not comfortable losing. It's not fun. Not only when we're losing during the game, but when I go home sitting there and thinking about it, it's not fun."

On Monday night, the Pacers' top-ranked defense held the Nets to 38.2 percent shooting from the field; Williams (3-for-9), Garnett and Pierce combined to go 6-for-26.

The Nets were down just 45-39 at the half, but the game turned into a blowout in the third quarter, when Brooklyn was outscored by Indiana 30-19. The Nets have given up as many as 30 points in the third quarter eight times this season. Brooklyn ended up trailing by as many as 24.