It’s a good thing the tank had already reached critical condition.
For the first time since Thanksgiving, the Brooklyn Nets were riding a winning streak as they prepared to face an opponent. On Tuesday night at the Barclays Center, that opponent was the Houston Rockets, who the Nets had just defeated on Saturday night to secure that winning streak.
It was a win that Jordi Fernández’s team deserved, a 48-minute handling of the Western Conference’s three-seed, and it probably felt extra sweet after Rockets Head Coach Ime Udoka referred to the Nets as a “low-level team” following the game.