It’s the year 2020. The Brooklyn Nets are facing the Milwaukee Bucks without Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Spencer Dinwiddie, DeAndre Jordan, Taurean Prince, Nicolas Claxton, Wilson Chandler, Caris LeVert, Joe Harris and Jarrett Allen.
What if I were to tell you the Nets took down Giannis Antetokounmpo and the no. 1 seed Bucks? Because they did. Final score: 119-116.
Where do we begin?
The Nets had just four players from their opening day roster available for a duel against Milwaukee: Garrett Temple, Rodions Kurucs, Dzanan Musa and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, and yet, they found themselves up by five after Garrett Temple hit a 3-pointer, followed by two 3-pointers from TLC which put Brooklyn up 115-110 with 2:31 remaining.