The Summer League edition of the Brooklyn Nets entered their Thursday matchup with the Toronto Raptors looking to accomplish a feat that the big-league club hasn’t accomplished in two decades: making the summer semifinals. And they did.
After dropping their first contest in Vegas, the Nets secured two blowout victories in their next two games, each margin of victory holding great importance with point differential being a tiebreaker. And with just three undefeated Summer League squads remaining, the Nets entered their face-off with Toronto knowing that at least one single-loss team would make the playoffs.