The Brooklyn Nets and Detroit Pistons were playing just another game on Saturday night at the Barclays Center. In fact, it was a contender for the most Just Another Game on an 82-game NBA calendar that features plenty of Just Another Games.
The Nets, locked into the East’s 11-seed without a draft pick in 2024, would go on just the same with a win or loss, entering the very last week of a very forgettable season. The Pistons, already locked into one of the bottom-two records in the whole NBA, are equally unaffected by wins or losses at this point.