The Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night earned their most impressive win of the year, a 145-142 overtime victory in Houston Wednesday night.
While the majority of media coverage will highlight James Harden‘s 58-point performance, Brooklyn’s gutsy effort sent a message throughout the league.
These are the wins that establish an identity for a team in its own eyes as well as to those around the league. The Nets are making it known that they are no longer inferior to their counterparts.
The improbable comeback win is representative of the culture that Brooklyn is developing as a franchise from top to bottom.