The Brooklyn Nets faced the Sacramento Kings on the second night of a back-to-back on Sunday night, April 7, not exactly an enticing proposition with the home team knocked out of playoff contention. Meanwhile the Kings will be fighting for playoff position in the blood-thirsty Western Conference until season’s end.
Brooklyn, on the other end of the spectrum, pulled up to the party with eight available bodies.
Two of them were rookies, rookies that won the Nets a game not 24 hours earlier and in thrilling, comeback fashion no less. It hardly mattered that the opponent was the Detroit Pistons’ C-team; to see Noah Clowney and Jalen Wilson ball out was enough for Nets fans, and enough for Head Coach Kevin Ollie:
“I’ve seen the Brooklyn way.