Nets return to Brooklyn after capping epic trip with easy win vs. Cavs
It took 36 NBA seasons, but only one in our fair borough, for the Nets to become a winning road team.
Brooklyn capped its epic eight-game, 17-day sojourn across several time zones with Wednesday night’s easy 113-95 rout of the hapless Cavaliers before 14,863 fans at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, clinching its franchise-record 21st road triumph and the first plus-.500 mark away from home since entering the NBA in 1976.
”That’s really significant,” said Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo, who should get some Coach of the Year consideration after guiding Brooklyn to the playoffs for the first time in six years after taking over for Avery Johnson in late December.