A win is a win is a win is a win. Aesthetically, the Nets victory over a woeful Pelican squad was as bad a game as you’ve seen in the later stages of the Atkinson era. But once again, Spencer Dinwiddie, Joe Harris and Jarrett Allen came to the rescue in overtime. By game’s end, the three vets had scored 67 points and played solid defense.
And so, the Nets are 15-12, a 46-win pace. But they’re also 11-5 without their three best players (or as we keep saying the players we thought would be their best players.