The Nets remain impossible to figure out. They’ve beaten the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. They’ve lost to the Philadelphia 76ers. And they were one off-balance three-pointer from losing to the New York Knicks.

For long stretches, the Nets dominated against what looked like a hapless Knicks team. The pick-and-roll play was on, the Nets ran in transition, the Knicks took terrible shots, and they looked like they were headed to an easy victory and a season sweep. They got the latter, but not the former.

“A win is a win,” after all. And in this playoff race, and on the night we celebrated Jeffrey Gamblero’s life, a man who always thought the Nets would end the night victorious, the Nets will take any win they can get.

Brook Lopez

A+

So, you know how Brook Lopez has done extra work on the offensive glass these days? Sometimes, it ends in a game-winner, which results in an automatic A+ in our grading system.

He scores so easily sometimes. You don’t need a sommelier to know he pairs best with a good Deron Williams.

Beautiful pick-and-roll play between he & Williams culminated in an aggressive layup with 78 seconds left to put the Nets up three.

Happy birthday, Brook Lopez.