3 Takeaways from Brooklyn Beatdown of Atlanta Hawks

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty ImagesThanks to Julius Caesar, we got Brooklyn Nets basketball for an extra day of the year tonight. Suddenly, what Brutus and those other Roman senators did to the guy doesn’t seem so bad.

Watching this team lately has been quite a chore. Minus a “we’re bad, but not that bad” win over the Memphis Grizzlies, Brooklyn’s gotten stomped on by opponents left and right. They came into tonight’s contest four games outside the Play-In threshold, again dealing with injury woes.

But with the added day came a late twist. Brooklyn did the stomping, and not only did they win tonight, but they did so with some hot shooting, crisp passing, and overall performance…