Brooklyn took a loss to OKC to kick off the road trip, but managed to hold onto the six seed. Then, on Friday night, the Pistons beat the LeBron-less Lakers and pushed Brooklyn out of six and into seven by one one-thousandths of a point.
Hanging on to six is going to take some doing. The Nets’ next few games are against the Jazz, Clippers, Kings, Lakers, and Trailblazers before they head back to the East Coast. So winning even just two of those games could be huge. If I had to circle two that seemed easier than the rest, the Kings and Lakers are obvious candidates, but we’ve seen these Nets surprise just about everyone this season.