The Long Island Nets completed the 2022-23 regular season Saturday night and although they lost, 135-116, to Rio Grande Valley Vipers in Edinburg, Texas, they finished with the best record in the G League’s Eastern Conference, 23-9, and top seed in the playoffs. They will open their post-season run against an opponent yet to be determined at noon Friday afternoon in the friendly confines of Nassau Coliseum. As top seed, Long Island earned a bye in the first round.
On a less positive note. the Nets wound up losing six of their last seven games after winning 16 straight in February and early March.