Hawks nip Nets in potential playoff preview
Prokhorov on Hand as Brooklyn Falls to Powerhouse Atlanta
Mikhail Prokhorov isn’t selling, and the Brooklyn Nets aren’t afraid of the big bad Atlanta Hawks.
That was the final summation of the events that unfolded in front of a boisterous and fully engaged sellout crowd of 17,732 Wednesday night at the Barclays Center as Brooklyn’s billionaire owner watched his team suffer a tough, but ultimately inspiring 114-111 loss to the Eastern Conference-leading Hawks.
Prokhorov, who hadn’t seen the Nets in person since way back in November, played off previous reports that he had spent a good portion of this campaign looking to sell off the NBA franchise he purchased from Bruce Ratner five years ago during a pre-game press conference.