Of Brooklyn\u2019s 24 games after the All-Star break, 13 of them come on the road. The stretch itself isn\u2019t all that daunting in terms of the raw number of road games, but the distribution has a chance to swing the Nets\u2019 season.<\/p>\n
That stretch features four different road trips consisting of five games, four games and two two-game trips. With back-to-backs also featured in three of those trips, the Nets\u2019 final times away from Brooklyn may be the toughest stints of the year.<\/p>\n
With the five-game road trip featuring almost entirely teams on the West Coast, and the four-game road trip coming during the Nets\u2019 final five games of the season, nothing about a potential postseason push will come easy. To make matters even more difficult, the Nets\u2019 slate of 13 road games after the All-Star break features 11 games against 2026 postseason teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Given the depth of the Eastern Conference and Brooklyn\u2019s recent history of losing, the final road swings of the year may end up being the final blow to the Nets\u2019 playoff dreams. Still, there was never any chance that making the playoffs would come easily, and if Brooklyn <\/a>is truly a postseason squad, it can prove it by navigating this final stretch of the year.<\/p>\n It also isn\u2019t all bad toward the end of next season, as the Nets\u2019 four-game road trip in April comes right after the Nets\u2019 longest homestand of the year, which runs seven games. If the Nets can take advantage of some of the scheduling quirks in their favor and effectively manage some of these critical road trips in March and April, a postseason appearance could be in the cards for Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
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