Nets can’t sneak past Cavs in Cleveland
LeBron caps historic February by foiling Brooklyn’s bid for victory
For 47-plus minutes Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets were every bit as good as the world’s top player and the Eastern Conference’s perennial champions.
But those final few seconds unveiled the difference between a team hoping to return to the NBA Finals for a fourth consecutive year and one trying to avert finishing with the league’s worst record for a second straight season.
D’Angelo Russell capped an otherwise stellar performance with an ill-advised, flailing three-point brick with 20 seconds to play as Brooklyn’s bid for a second win over the Cavaliers this season went down the drain with a 129-123 loss to LeBron James and company in front of 20,562 fans at Quicken Loans Arena.