The Brooklyn Nets have been rolling, that’s no secret. Since the cherry-picked date of November 23, the day after a brutal overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn is not only 6-1, but sporting the NBA’s very best net rating. The schedule didn't inspire fear — the only two above .500 teams Brooklyn faced were the two Florida teams, each injured and on a back-to-back.
Still, the Nets didn’t just play who was in front of them; they frequently dominated.
But Brooklyn wasn’t going to get the benefit of the schedule for long.