After beating the Sacramento Kings to clinch a playoff berth, this will make it back to back playoff appearances for the Brooklyn Nets and the fifth time they’ve made it to the playoffs since moving to Brooklyn in the 2012-2013 season.
Brooklyn’s first appearance in the NBA playoff pitted them against the depleted Chicago Bulls that spring. The series needed a Game 7 to get a winner and since the Bulls were down three starters and the game was at Barclays Center, the Nets were favored. They lost.
Not long after, Billy King and Dmitry Razumov believed the Nets needed a toughness and made the mistake of a lifetime, sending four first rounders to Boston for three players with rings and yellowing birth certificates.