Considering how injury-riddled the Nets have been, one could hardly blame them if they were hoping for health for the holidays.
They come out of a mini-Christmas break a solid 16-13 despite having five players hurt: Kyrie Irving, Caris LeVert, Kevin Durant, David Nwaba and Nic Claxton. And after hosting the Knicks on Thursday, they’ve got a road trip looming — and a much tougher row to hoe.
“It’s good. I’m pleasantly surprised [with the record],” coach Kenny Atkinson said. “When you have guys go down, especially Kyrie and Caris and then Nwaba, who was the real one that hit me.