Thanksgiving is a celebration of all the great things in life: mouth-watering food, family, drinks and perhaps a sprinkle of football. But this year, that sacred holiday meant just a smidge more. Your Brooklyn Nets, a team that jumped out the gates to the tune of middling success amidst a fairly painless schedule, faced their first real challenge of the season. Since November 27, Brooklyn has exclusively battled against surefire east coast playoff teams. In typical Nets fashion, all three contests were, heh, vacuum-sealed-tight crunch-time battles until the sound of the final buzzer. Ultimately, Brooklyn came out 1-2 following the double-header versus the Boston Celtics and the late-afternoon bruiser against the Miami Heat.
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