With the NBA on hiatus and New York continuing its battle against the novel coronavirus outbreak, Brooklyn Nets games will not be played for the foreseeable future.
For the Nets, as much as any team, this comes at an odd time — Brooklyn was battling the Orlando Magic for the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference standings. At the stoppage of play, the Nets had a half-game advantage over the Magic.
Since there aren’t any games, each day Nets Wire will highlight impressive individual performances and major moments throughout Nets history:
Mike Gminski may have seen his consecutive free-throws made streak come to an end on April 9, 1986, but his performance against the Boston Celtics was far from a bad memory.
The center had a career night in New Jersey’s 108-98 win over the Celtics (full box score). Gminski scored 41 points and grabbed 22 rebounds. It was the first time he’d ever eclipsed the 40-point mark — and it turned out to be the only time he’d ever do so. It was also the final time Gminski would grab 20 or rebounds in his NBA career, though he’d done it once before his April 9 performance (March 18, 1986).
Buck Williams also had a double-double (13 points and 14 rebounds), and Otis Birdsong was second in scoring for the Nets with 22 points.