Nets top Pacers to secure seventh seed in East play-in
The Nets’ regular-season finale Sunday was much like the entire campaign that preceded it: shorthanded and tougher than it had to be. But in the […]
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Who should the Nets want in the NBA’s play-in tournament?
Sign up here to get Beyond the Back Page delivered to your inbox each weekday morning. The NBA took a full night off Monday on the […]
Nets would be ‘shocked’ if Ben Simmons was back for play-in game
Ben Simmons’ chances of coming back for the play-in game are close to zero. Though Simmons was shooting and working with stretching bands at Monday’s […]
Nets’ matchup with Hawks has major play-in implications
ATLANTA — The Nets started this regular-season looked at as a superteam. They’re all but assured of ending it as a play-in team. All that […]
LeBron James, Anthony Davis only can watch as Lakers fall out of play-in spot
DALLAS — Luka Doncic scored 34 points in a triple-double and the Dallas Mavericks routed the Lakers 128-110 on Tuesday night with Los Angeles missing […]
Knicks’ play-in hopes all but dashed after loss to Hawks
Trae Young masterfully stuck it to the Knicks and their fans once again. The 2021 postseason villain and his Hawks essentially have ended the Knicks’ […]
Notre Dame trying to keep play-in magic going
SAN DIEGO — Last year, UCLA went all the way from the First Four to the Final Four. Eleven years ago, VCU accomplished the same […]
Nets landing in play-in could risk consequences for Nash, roster
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An iconic New York champion once said you are what your record says you are. Right now, the Nets’ record is decrying […]
Nets fall to Nuggets for eighth-straight loss, drop to play-in
DENVER — It’s taken the Nets just two weeks to go from first place to free fall, from atop the East into the play-in. Just […]
Nets hoping to avoid Eastern Conference play-in
It is not a likely scenario, but it is a realistic one. You don’t have to squint too hard into the future to envision the […]