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Ben Simmons donned a green suit jacket with matching shorts as he watched from the bench Tuesday night. The Nets will be seeing that color — and perhaps their prized midseason acquisition – in the first round of the playoffs.
The Nets earned the chance to face the second-seeded Celtics for the second consecutive postseason by defeating the Cavaliers, 115-108, in the 7-8 play-in game at Barclays Center. Get ready for days of updates and speculation over whether Simmons finally will make his team debut during the series against the Celtics, maybe even in Sunday’s Game 1 in Boston.
Whether Simmons gets on the court or not, the Nets hardly resemble a traditional No. 7 seed, especially if Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving carry them as they did against the Cavs. They became the first Nets teammates to record at least 20 points and 10 assists apiece in a game since 1993.
