Just when you thought the Brooklyn Nets were done winning gritty, lottery-detrimental games, Jordi Fernández and company dealt their biggest blow of the year to team tank.
On a night where other lottery jockeys, the Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards, won their games, the Nets did the same, “beating” the Toronto Raptors by a 101-94 score. It wasn’t pretty, not for basketball purists nor those looking to capture the Flagg, as Brooklyn won a messy contest that had they lost, would have allowed them make some serious ground in the never-ending battle for a higher pick.