Even in the City of the Light, the Brooklyn Nets managed to dim things down this afternoon, falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a 111-102 score.
Donovan Mitchell cooked like a prime Auguste Gusteau. He led all scorers with 45 points on 50% shooting from the field. Almost everyone from the Nets, with the exception of Cam Thomas, looked like Linguini before he met Remy.
Brooklyn’s now teetering on a staircase leading to East’s basement, tied with the Atlanta Hawks for the conference’s final Play-In spot. They’ve lost 13 of their last 17 games and two of those dubs were essentially handouts having come against a historically bad Detroit Pistons team.