The Brooklyn Nets opened December with three straight losses and closed it with two tough defeats on the road. But what the club accomplished in between was exactly what it needed to do during a month heavy in home dates and their hopes for playoff contention teetering on the brink.
The Nets entered December with an 8-15 record after a 5-10 November that included a major injury to emerging star Caris LeVert and five straight losses to finish the month.
I wrote in August, after the NBA released the 2018-19 schedule, that December would hold the key to the Nets’ playoff hopes and Brooklyn delivered with a 9-6 mark that included six wins in their nine home games and a 3-3 split on the road.