The Brooklyn Nets are lucky to have games they can call “pivotal” at this point, let alone victories. But tonight they got both, once more grounding the Atlanta Hawks by a 114-102 score to stay alive for the Eastern Conference’s final Play-In spot.
Brooklyn largely followed their blueprint from Thursday’s win over the once-proclaimed “Spurs of the East,” who frankly looked like anything but a Gregg Popovich-coached unit.
The Nets leaned largely on the 3-pointer, splashing 15-of-32 attempts from downtown. Mikal Bridges led in that department and consequently in the scoring one as well, finishing with 38 points while shooting 5-of-10 from deep.