FiveThirtyEight’s current NBA predictions give the Brooklyn Nets an 81 percent chance of making the playoffs. That’s way better than the odds before the season began, when our predictions gave Brooklyn only a 34 percent chance of making it past the regular season. In the video above, Chris Herring takes a look at how the Nets got here and the challenges the team faces in maintaining this new success.
Tony Chow is a video producer for FiveThirtyEight. @tonyhkchow
Chris Herring is a senior sportswriter for FiveThirtyEight. @herring_nba