On Jewish Heritage Night at Barclays Center, a group of Nets dancers shot t-shirts from a cannon whilst riding hoverboards to a techno remix of “Hava Nagila.”

The fact that I’m leading a Nets-76ers recap with this bit of trivia might give you a sense of how breathtaking the actual on-court product was.

It would make sense that a game of this, ahem, quality was dominated by Andrea Bargnani, who led all players in points and shot attempts. This game was Andrea Bargnani in a nutshell: quick isolations, turnovers, and shoddy defense permeated the night, on both ends of the floor, and the Italian Stallion galloped away with the victory, holding off a 76ers comeback one fifteen-foot fling at a time.

The 76ers are a professional basketball team, largely because the organization is contractually obligated to play the games. They have a few prospects with potentially bright futures, a whole host of league-minimum fringe NBA/D-League players, and a boatload of first-round draft picks. This is their Process: be as bad as possible now, with the hopes of being As Good As Possible Later.

Enough people have waxed poetic about The Process and Its Merits and Its Detractions that I will spare you my thoughts on it to merely say: this is a cruddy, misfit collection of professional basketball players, and the Nets could barely put them away, losing a 16-point first-half lead due to farcical defense, rebounding issues, and a general lack of offensive execution.

But a win’s a win, right?