After the dismal 2-6 start to the season, the Brooklyn Nets are now just 1.5 games out of first place in the Eastern Conference standings. What a turnaround!
Brooklyn avenged its early season loss and beat the Milwaukee Bucks, who entered Friday’s contest as the #1 seed, convincingly winning 118-100 in front of a delirious Barclays Center crowd. Brooklyn’s eighth-straight victory is the longest active winning streak in the league, and it ties the longest winning streak since the Nets moved to Brooklyn. The Nets have also won 12 of their last 13 games.