Despite the combined might of David Alan Grier, the ghost of Deron Williams, and the rotting corpse of Brooklyn Knight, the Brooklyn Nets are down 2-0 in their first round NBA playoffs series against the Atlanta Hawks. The first home game at Barclays Center just kicked off at 3 p.m., and the excitement throughout the borough is truly infectious!
😭😭😭😭 RT @YourFavoriteZoe: Brooklyn Nets fans disrespectful pic.twitter.com/BBHcPQZgkH
— Platano Direct (@BobbyLoquito) April 25, 2015
Nets and Hawks tip off in a few minutes. Looking at the crowd, not sure how many fans are aware of that.
— Brian Mahoney (@briancmahoney) April 25, 2015
Budenholzer said you shouldn’t change your routine during the playoffs. Nets fans agree. There’s pretty much no one at Barclays right now.
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) April 25, 2015
I mean, if you squint, you can sort of see it?
Fan up, Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/alDKKreCmn
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) April 25, 2015
The Nets crowd is showing really good spacing today
— Dean Demakis (@deanondraft) April 25, 2015
Looks like Brooklyn is celebrating #HarveyDay by not coming to a Nets playoff game.
— Howard Megdal (@howardmegdal) April 25, 2015
Um.
We now go live to the Barclays Center: pic.twitter.com/wo9Ct1wjXx
— SB Nation (@SBNation) April 25, 2015
Sure, there's a bit of cognitive dissonance happening right now.
This is our house. #Nets #WeArePlayoffs pic.twitter.com/iKNDTDpPOB
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) April 25, 2015
Awesome shot of the Brooklyn Nets home crowd courtesy of @NBA pic.twitter.com/p7cwnOqoln
— Kelly Dwyer (@KDonhoops) April 25, 2015
The shirts on the seats are really accentuating the emptiness of Barclays Center.
— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) April 25, 2015
A rock n jock basketball game would get more people to attend than a Nets playoff game. Sheesh.
— Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) April 25, 2015
At least everyone who is there is making the most of a mediocre game of playoff basketball.
If you're looking for one of the 23 people that paid to go to Nets-Hawks Game 3... hi.
— David Vertsberger (@_Verts) April 25, 2015
It's 10-2 Nets here in Brooklyn - which is also the count of fans in the stands, 10 Nets fans, 2 Hawks fans
— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) April 25, 2015
There are other, more compelling things to watch if you aren't there.
why watch the nets game when you can watch this vine over and over again https://t.co/8cTxvQYnFF
— Lana Berry (@Lana) April 25, 2015
But hey, being a Nets fan right now is still better than being a Knicks fan, forced to nibble on scintillating crumbs like 'Derek Fisher thinks Brad Stephens is a good coach' and 'Knicks to pursue big name free agent.' Appreciate what you have, Nets fans, because before you know it, you might find yourselves donning paper bags too.
Or at the very least, appreciate the excellent food options at Barclays! That alone is worth the trip to Atlantic Avenue.
