Late Wednesday night, Bojan Bogdanovic stood in the Nets’ locker room in a white dress shirt with a purple sweater tied around his collar and small beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Bogdanovic, a 25-year-old rookie guard, had just scored a career-high 28 points at Barclays Center to help carry the Nets to a 101-88 victory over the Orlando Magic on the last day of the regular season. It might have been a moment to savor, a moment of relief, but it would have to wait a couple of hours.
“There’s a lot more important things for us,” Bogdanovic said with a wry smile.