Even though the Nets thrashed the Detroit Pistons last night, they still sit 2.5 games behind both the Chicago Bulls (4th seed) and Toronto Raptors (3rd seed) for home-court advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
With the Raptors off tonight and the Bulls playing at Washington, the Nets have a chance to gain some ground if they can do what the world expects them to do in Philly tonight: win.
Though the Sixers have just 17 wins this season, one of them came against the Nets back on December 20th. Of course, that was a different Nets team and a different Sixers team: since January 1st, the Nets are an Eastern Conference-best 31-13 while the Sixers are near the Eastern Conference cellar at 8-38.
Here’s three things to watch ahead:
