The Cleveland Cavaliers lost 115-108 on the road to the Brooklyn Nets, who, with their win, now advance to the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs as the seven seed and play Boston.
BROOKLYN — The Cavs will play the winner of the Atlanta-Charlotte game for a chance to earn the eight seed, which will face top-seeded Miami.
Both the Cavs and Nets finished the season 44-38, with the Nets taking seventh place by going 3-1 against the Cavaliers. They wrapped up the tiebreaker Friday by beating Cleveland 118-107, though that did nothing to make the Cavs think they couldn’t go to Brooklyn and win Tuesday night.
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