The NBA’s most unlikely kryptonite for upper-echelon basketball teams is beginning to splinter and chip.
Fresh off a stifling 135-119 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the current two-seed in the mighty Western Conference, the Brooklyn Nets hosted the association’s winningest team Monday — the Cleveland Cavaliers. Like the Grizz, the Cavs wouldn’t let the Nets, nor their seven wins vs teams with a win percentage above .500, intimidate them.
In his first return to the Barclays Center as an opposing head coach, Kenny Atkinson throttled his former employers, with Cleveland beating the Nets 130-101.