The sixth-seeded Brooklyn Nets shocked the NBA community when they stole homecourt from the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of the playoffs at Wells Fargo Center. Nets backup center Ed Davis was a major factor in this unexpected upset.
But Davis sprained his right ankle in the third quarter of Game 1 and has been limited or unavailable since and the Nets’ struggles in their Eastern Conference First Round series began with the Ed Davis injury.
The Nets were 7.5-point underdogs, but managed to defeat the 76ers 111-102 in Game 1.
The contributions of Ed Davis cannot be overlooked in that big win.