The Long Island Nets won’t be going to the G-League playoffs. In a win-or-go-home game vs. the Grand Rapids Drive, the Piston affiliate outlasted the Nets affiliate, 101-99, in the Michigan city, despite 39 points from Isaiah Whitehead.
The loss not only ended the Nets quest for the post-season. It was the last game of the regular season. The Nets finished 27-23, one game behind the Drive, in the race for a wild card in the playoffs which begin Thursday.
Whitehead, who averaged 32 points over the last six games of the season, missed a three-pointer in the final seconds, as did Milton Doyle, to seal the game for the Drive who had opened an eight point lead late only to watch the Nets claw their way back to within one, then two with time running out.