It is quite difficult to root against the Brooklyn Nets at the moment as the Eastern Conference franchise now has the opportunity to make some serious noise during the postseason as the Toronto Raptors will be first up on the docket.
The No. 7 seed Nets appear more than ready to take on the defending NBA champions and East's No. 2 Raptors as Brooklyn ended the regular season on a very high note despite a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday evening.
In addition to a well-rounded effort as a result of a close loss to the Blazers, whose season was very much on the line on Thursday evening, the Nets’ most recent matchup created a multitude of headlines—both basketball-related and otherwise. Most notably, Nets swingman Joe Harris became the latest victim of the “hot mic” as Blazers point guard Damian Lillard could simply not be stopped by an army let alone a defender when shooting from the baseline against Brooklyn.
sound on for what it's like to guard Dame pic.twitter.com/MC0oYUuZ2H
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 14, 2020
Although not a frequent social-media user as he doesn’t even have a Twitter to coincide with a sparingly used Instagram account, Harris has indeed been made well aware of his popularity over the course of the last few days.
“I’ve had a bunch of my buddies send me the link to that,” Harris told ClutchPoints on Saturday afternoon. “I thought that was pretty funny. I mean, everybody is kind of thinking the same thing.”
A reaction of this nature is nothing new to the NBA, however, as Harris said that these things just happen to get picked up more now because of the lack of people in attendance. An absolutely terrific sport about the whole situation, Harris typically likes to let his game do the talking while the frustration was simply just too great to keep quiet this time around.
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