This is the weekend when Nets fans had hoped to be getting ready for the NBA Finals. Now, they and the team are sitting at home or lying on a beach wondering what the hell happened?
There are a lot of reasons why the Nets failed in their first round series vs. Boston: injuries, lack of continuity and chemistry caused by those injuries and other absences, and as acknowledged by virtually everyone: a lack of length. Big athletic teams like the Celtics overpowered them underneath, slapped away their shots and otherwise dominated the smaller Nets.