 we talked about this before and we'll share it with the fans now this is no longer a feel-good story it was a feel-good story in December it was a feel-good story in January February with DeAngelo making the all-star game and them weathering the storms it is no longer feel-good story now there are expectations they're now the spot especially with this win tonight if they don't make it to the playoffs this could turn into what went from like everyone excited to everyone disappointed which is where you want to be you want to be disappointed Laker fans what's going on there disappointed you want that disappointed because it means you had expectations which is a place that the Nets fan haven't been in a long time and I think you know we've talked about this all the time culture part of that culture is expectations and this net team has put themselves in position to make the playoffs and that's where they want to be and Jared Dudley just mentioned it there for this administration talking about Sean Marks Kenny Atkinson and this team all that losing that they've done they came into the season wanted to be a lot better right now where you're sitting in sixth place seventh place you have a chance to make the playoffs and they know it's not going to be easy but what happened tonight especially in that second half told you that the Nets understand how big this moment is and you have to take your chances when when Kyrie Irvin Al Horford aren't in that lineup yeah that's a game you have to win at home and to their credit they did get one more win get you to 40 and again another compliment to Sean Marks Kenny Atkinson Trangy Langdon all the people involved they did a rebuild and he said he doesn't talk about the season but if you look at the last three or four season with no draft picks yep I know you're gonna say ability to get free agents and they built this from the ground up brought in good people good players built a team and built a set basically built an infrastructure that allowed them to get here and it's it's it's it's it's amazing it's impressive do you also think it wasn't just about player development they never were in a position where we're gonna tank to get a high pick because they didn't have those pick yeah so every night it was we're gonna go out and compete and try to win I think you're starting to see that you know the residual effects of that happening right now with the next and that's when we talked about other players like Devin Booker you're going out there putting them back in a game with X amount of time to go get numbers that's not winning basketball that's not winning culture and that's part of the things that they wanted to eliminate here in Brooklyn when when Sean and Kenny took over is like hey we're gonna go out there and can play because we can't lose because we're not getting our pick and if we lose we're actually helping out opponents like the Celtics who who were getting your pick you're helping out a division opponent so they did instill the right mindset into all of these guys and Kenny Atkinson like I said we've seen it guys like Jared Dudley or Ronde House Jefferson not being a rotation for a week or for 10 days or for two games and then step in and come in and play that means that you're bringing in people that have the right mindset that are team first and are only focused on and I don't think it's an overstatement to say that when you really look at this organization in the last couple of years this is one of the biggest wins that they've had because now it's putting them in a position to make the playoffs and who was the guy that led them there the guy that they traded for that no one really thought well how good of a player is became an all-star and in that second half of tonight's game 25 points 20 in the third quarter dominant performance great win from the Nets