After an 0-2 start to the season, the Brooklyn Nets swam to the surface, their record either .500 or within a game of it for the last two weeks. To continue treading water amidst a rash of early-season injuries, they’d need a win over the visiting Washington Wizards on Sunday afternoon.
While the Nets were coming off only a semi-competitive Friday night loss to the Boston Celtics, that had more to do with Boston’s level of play than Brooklyn’s. No, a 4-5 record doesn’t scream excellence, but it’s hard to think of a prolonged stretch of poor basketball from the black-and-white this season.