2013–14 Brooklyn Nets season

[1] The Nets also traded Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, and three future draft picks to the Celtics for all-stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, along with Jason Terry.

[2] These transactions led to the Nets having the largest payroll in the NBA, and high expectations heading into the season.

[3] In their home opener at the Barclays Center, the Nets defeated the Miami Heat, 101–100, on November 1.

[20] On December 5, the Nets would continue their losing ways in another blowout loss against the New York Knicks.

[26] In that game, Joe Johnson, managed to shoot eight three-point field goals in the third quarter to tie an official NBA record.

[34] To end the calendar year, the Nets would lose against the San Antonio Spurs for the second December 31 in a row.

[34] At the turn of the calendar, the Nets' misfortunes had been lifted on January 2 when Joe Johnson shot a buzzer beater against the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the game 95–93.

[39] Then, on January 10, the Nets' winning streak extended to 5 games after a victory against the Heat in double overtime.

[42] The Nets would head to Madison Square Garden and blowout their cross-city rival, the Knicks, on January 20.

[45] On January 26, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett would go back to Boston and win their fifth straight game.

[53] With the Nets' rookie, Mason Plumlee, leading the team for the night, Brooklyn defeated the New Orleans Pelicans on February 9.

[56] Representing the Nets, Johnson had scored 5 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game.

[60] In that game, Jason Collins made his debut as the first publicly gay athlete to play in any of four major North American pro sports leagues.

[62] To start off the month of March, the Nets defeated the Bucks behind Marcus Thornton's 25 points.

[64] Two days later, the Nets were above .500 for the first time (30–29) of the season after defeating the Grizzlies and winning their third straight game.

[67][68] To win three straight games once more, the Nets defeated the Heat on March 12, 96–95, due to a bad inbound pass by Chris Bosh.

[77] The Nets would end the month defeating the Timberwolves and tying a franchise-record 13-straight home games on March 30.

[81] On April 4, the Nets won a franchise record of 15-consecutive home games following a 116–104 win over the Pistons.

[89] It was widely suspected that Brooklyn's late season losses correlated with a preference for facing Toronto in the first round.

[94] The Nets trailed the series for the first time after a Game 5 loss, despite outscoring the Raptors by 20 points in the fourth quarter.

[97] Going on to the conference semifinals, the Nets were going to meet the Miami Heat, the very team that they had swept in the regular season.

[99] Knowing they would go 0–3 in the series if they lose, the Nets relied on the three-point field goal to defeat the Heat.

[101] With the opportunity to take Game 5 to overtime, when the Nets were trailing the series 1–3, Joe Johnson had failed to attempt a game-tying shot, losing 96–94, thus ending their 2013–14 season.