With the NFL gearing up to sing its swan song this evening, the ever-bright national sports spotlight will soon move solely onto basketball. For the Brooklyn Nets, most evidence suggests they should duck out under the curtain rather than assume center stage once this shift occurs.
After all, Brooklyn’s been a punchline for “mid” jokes almost all season. But in all honestly, they’ve been worse than that, stumbling into the weekend with a 20-31 record and outside the play-in threshold.
But last night, Brooklyn’s rag-tag group of performers put on a Broadway-level act. The Nets proved that the baguette is not mightier than the bagel, taking down Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs en route to a much-needed home victory.