For anyone who likes to romanticize the late 2010s Brooklyn Nets, tonight’s game had everything: Joe Harris threes, Spencer Dinwiddie drives, Jarrett Allen jams, Caris LeVert pull-ups, and unfortunately — a losing effort.
The mental gymnastics created by the Nets in getting to tonight’s finish line were remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons. And in the end, the result was wrong, too. Cleveland Cavaliers 116, Brooklyn Nets 114.
“Emotionally you’re going to be spent a little bit, so I think you learn about can you let it go and move on,” said Jacque Vaughn.