Cleveland is the best team in the NBA. The Nets came up one endgame run short of being the best team on the floor.
The Nets, who have turned blowing late leads into an art, did it again Tuesday night. They threw away a fourth-quarter cushion and fell 109-104 to the Cavaliers before a sellout crowd of 19,432 at Rocket Arena.
Brooklyn led by 18 points in the third quarter, and eight early in the fourth. But they coughed up a 23-8 Cleveland run to lose the lead and eventually the game.
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