Nets ready for momentous playoff clash with Bulls — 8pm Saturday on ESPN
Our borough’s first major pro sports franchise since the Dodgers abandoned us in 1957 has its first playoff game on Saturday night (8 p.m., ESPN) on the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues.
However, the luster that accompanies all the historic firsts the Nets achieved during the regular season will pale in comparison to the gloom that will likely accompany an abrupt playoff exit.
‘If you don’t win that gold ball (the Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy), then [the season] wasn’t successful,” Johnson said. ”We’re going to take it one series at a time, one game at a time and just try to have fun with it.”