The Brooklyn Nets are showing us exactly who they are when adversity hits

Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesThe Brooklyn Nets are showing us exactly who they are — and who they’ve been under Kenny Atkinson.

First, it was Caris LeVert who went down with a thumb injury. Surgery followed. Then, Kyrie Irving went down with a shoulder injury. No timetable has been revealed for his return. And so, Kenny and the Nets have been forced to step up in adversity — the same way they did it last year.

Brooklyn improved to 12-10 on the season following a 111-104 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. They improved to 8-3 without Irving and 6-0 on Fridays.

It was a total team effort from the guys in black-and-white. Neither team budged through the first three…