The Brooklyn Nets are destined to play sweaty games. No matter the opponent, the schedule, the injuries facing either team, the rest disparity. Just in the last week, they've played the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, and Boston Celtics down to the wire.
On Sunday evening, 24 hours after a two-point loss to Boston, another Eastern Conference foe, the Atlanta Hawks, came to town. In another world, perhaps one in which Sean Marks never traded for Brooklyn’s own picks back last summer, this would be a Play-In Tournament preview.
Atlanta isn’t great, but behind a fully competent backcourt in Trae Young and Dyson Daniels, isn’t awful either.