For the Long Island Nets, it’s simple at this stage of the game: win (twice) and you’re in.
With two games left in the NBA G League season on Thursday night, Nets players and coaches were keeping track of various scores from around the league, but they knew this much — they still controlled their own destiny.
Entering Thursday night’s matchup with the Raptors 905, the Nets sat in seventh place in the G League’s Eastern Conference standings with a 17-14 record. But since the two teams ahead of them, the Grand Rapids Gold and the College Park Skyhawks play each other for their final two matchups (and the Nets hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over Grand Rapids) Long Island is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs if they win out.