Heading into their Sunday night game against the Motor City Cruise, every member of the Long Island Nets knew what was on the line.
Entering the night, Long Island had won five straight games and nine of their last 11 — with the only two losses coming to Motor City.
The Cruise, the G League affiliate of the Detroit Pistons, may have been shorthanded against the Nets, but that didn’t take away from the magnitude of the win for Long Island.
After yet another down-to-the-wire finish, the Nets toppled their foe, 113-109, putting them only 1.