Sacramento - The Nets trail by 25 points to start the fourth quarter. Brooklyn regroups, then sacks their hosts by a 45-18 margin over the game's final twelve minutes en route to a glorious last second 123-121 victory. D'Angelo Russell usurps the local Kings with 27 points in the fourth quarter and a career high 44 points overall. Their triumph goes down as the greatest comeback in Nets franchise history.
The Nets then advance on Los Angeles. Joe Harris leads the siege with 26 points. Three Brooklyn players post double-doubles. Jarrett Allen scores 13-points with 11 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell scores 21 points against his former team and distributes a team high 13 assists. Off the bench, Ed Davis secures a team high 15 rebounds to go along with 14 points, while Spencer Dinwiddie proves disruptive with nine of his 19 points coming from the stripe. In defeating the Lakers, the Nets officially eliminate them from playoff contention. Moreover, their liege, LeBron, King James, is denied a 14th straight appearance in the NBA playoffs.
For on this day, Kings County holds sway.
Onward to Portland. With a 45-27 record, the Trailblazers are the Western Conference four seed, just four games behind number one Denver.
With a 38-36 record, the Nets now have ten more wins than all of last season, and match their entire win total from the 2014-2015 season with eight game still to play. They remain in seventh place of the Eastern Conference standings, a precarious 1.5 games ahead of Miami. Orlando is presently looking in from outside the playoff picture, one game behind the Heat.
All seven of the Nets remaining opponents are in playoff contention (Portland; Philadelphia; Boston; Milwaukee [2x]; Toronto; Indiana; and Miami), with a combined 320-190 (.627) overall record.
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