It’s been awhile since the Brooklyn Nets could make this claim, but in December the Nets were a top-10 team overall.
Even with opening the month with three straight losses and closing it with back-to-back defeats, the Nets tied for the ninth-best record in the NBA in December at 9-6 and crawled back into the playoff race in the Eastern Conference as a result.
With the Charlotte Hornets beating the Orlando Magic on New Year’s Eve, the Nets jumped back into ninth place in the East, percentage points ahead of Orlando and one game behind the Detroit Pistons for the eighth spot.