Nets travel to Memphis, where things are just a bit unsettled

There’s no better way to start off the new year than with a win, and that’s exactly what the Nets went out and got against the Pelicans on Wednesday. They played well all the way through, caught absolute fire for a while, relinquished a little bit of their lead and then a whole lot more of it, but closed it out for the “W” nonetheless. It was a mostly drama-free win save for maybe Kurucs Flagrant 1 and Alvin Gentry’s technical. What’s a basketball game without a little chirping of the refs though?

Next up is a trip to Memphis to face the Grizzlies, another Western Conference opponent who beat the Nets in a heartbreaker. The Nets are still in the 9th seed just half a game behind Detroit, with…