There are wins — and then there’s what we saw from the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.
Jordi Fernández’s boys knew it would be an uphill climb from the jump. Their 18th contest of the season was the latter half of a back-to-back, on the road, and up against the Western Conference’s top seed. These weren’t the Golden State Warriors of yore, but with all that on their side, they might as well have had a prime Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Andre Iguodala out there.
But in their presence, the Nets did not flinch.