The short-handed Nets took care of business in a long-handed way. Writ large.
Without James Harden, LaMarcus Aldridge and Kyrie Irving, the Nets blew out the Timberwolves, 127-97, in a tense Minneapolis. The game, originally scheduled for Monday night, was postponed and played mid-afternoon without fans while protestors and police faced off in a nearby suburb following the killing of a young black man by police ... and jurors heard testimony in the trial of another police officer accused of killing George Floyd.
With the win, Brooklyn improves to 37-17 on the season, tying the Sixers for the top spot in the Eastern Conference standings.