If the Brooklyn Nets end up with their first playoff berth since 2015, it will not be a result of a cakewalk schedule to finish the season out.
Far from it.
According to tankathon.com, no team in the NBA faces a more daunting remaining road to the finish than do the Nets. Not among playoff contenders, mind you … that’s among everyone.
And it’s really not that close. The Nets enter play Monday with eight games remaining against opponents with a combined winning percentage of .641.
Every one of their remaining foes is currently holding a playoff spot or has already clinched a berth and of those eight games, only the season finale against the Miami Heat at Barclays Center on April 10 is against a team currently with a record worse than .