The Brooklyn Nets should have been celebrating a signature early-season road win Friday night. After trailing at the end of the first quarter, the Nets led most of the rest of the way.
Like, until the final two seconds most of the way. But a series of mistakes in the final 23.7 seconds doomed the Nets to another one of those losses where they were done in by their inability to close out a close game.
The New Orleans Pelicans were beaten Friday night. The win was Brooklyn’s for the taking.
But the Nets — as has been their frustrating fashion in recent times — instead took the precious victory, placed it in a box, taped it up, wrapped it, stuck a bow on the top and handed it to the Pelicans.