The Nets will close out their season Sunday night against the Toronto Raptors in a game that doubles as Brooklyn’s last chance to gather information before October. Tipoff is set for 6:00 p.m. ET, and the game will air on the YES Network and NBA League Pass while streaming on the Gotham Sports App.
Brooklyn has already clinched the overall No. 3 seed in the lottery, giving the final regular-season matchup more to do with the future than the standings. The Nets have a 52.1% chance at a top four pick and a 14.0% chance at the overall No. 1 selection, which is the kind of math that can make an April game feel bigger than it looks.
The roster around it tells the same story. Nolan Traore is questionable because of an illness, while Terance Mann, Josh Minott, Ziaire Williams, Egor Demin, Noah Clowney, Nic Claxton, Danny Wolf, Porter and Sharpe are out. The absences leave the Nets thin enough that the club signed Trevon Scott to a hardship contract on Sunday, just as his 10-day deal would have expired. Scott, 29, appeared in 47 games this season for Long Island and averaged 12 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals in 27.9 minutes.
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That transaction says as much about the moment as the injury report does. Scott is the second-oldest player on Brooklyn’s squad and is 38 days younger than Terrance Mann, a small detail that underscores how much the Nets have leaned into this final stretch with a roster built for necessity rather than continuity.
The Raptors come in as the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, and their own injury list is not light either. R.J. Barrett, Collin Murray-Boyles and Trayce Jackson-Davis are all listed as questionable, leaving both teams with reasons to protect legs and manage risk rather than chase the calendar’s last result.
Brooklyn’s season has swung from highs to lows, but the broader shape of it has been one of growth. Sunday’s game against Toronto is the final chapter before the long gap to October, and it will serve less as a finish line than as a snapshot of where the Nets stand before the next stage begins.
