Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET the Brooklyn Nets will tip off Game 3 of their first round Eastern Conference playoff matchup with the upstart Toronto Raptors at the Barclays Center on ESPN2. Live stream the game free by clicking this link; Nets fans can hear the game on WCBS 880, while Raptors fans can find the radio broadcast on TSN 1050.
The Nets' have been an elite team in front of their home fans since the calendar switched to 2014, and the Brooklyn crowd should be fired up following Raptors GM Masai Ujiri's profane comments about them before Game 2.
"Very, very eager to see how they respond to the 'F Brooklyn," Nets big man Kevin Garnett said. "Very, very eager to see how they respond to this kid." During the regular season Brooklyn had a 15-game home winning streak, but that isn't lulling the veteran outfit into a sense of security.
"We understand that this is not going to be easy by any means," shooting guard Joe Johnson said. "You just look around throughout the playoffs, a lot of teams have been losing at home."
The Raptors have been a good road team this season, finishing three games over .500 away from the Air Canada Centre. They are also a youthful team that should be emboldened by a 30-point showing from DeMar DeRozan in Game 2. Despite their youth, coach Dwayne Casey sees his team as mature enough to deal with Brooklyn's fans.
"Being a young team, it's very unusual, because I've been with older teams that some of their eyes get big in places like Oklahoma City and back in the day, in Portland," Casey said.
"So again, it's a trait they have that you can't put your finger on why they have some resolve that they do on the road. But this is going to be the first playoff atmosphere that they have and it's going to be exciting to see how they react under the bright lights."
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