I’m sure I keep sounding like a broken record at this point, but the Brooklyn Nets need to play each game like it’s a must-win. They are desperately trying to avoid the play-in scenario and they are all but running out of time.
Brooklyn sits 4 games behind Toronto for 6th place in the East (2 games behind the Cavs for 7th) and are just a half game ahead of the Hornets, who are sitting in 9th place.
And when you have to take on the defending champs, well, there’s no reason to think that the Nets feel any sense of being on easy street.