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Nets need to make own luck in their ultimate tanking mission

Nypost · · 71 words · By Brian Lewis
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Nets need to make own luck in their ultimate tanking mission

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“The Nets’ mission for this season was securing a top seed in the lottery.”
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No relevant evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute the claim about the Nets' mission for the season.
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“The Nets knew they could clinch a Top 3 seed in next month’s lottery with losses Friday in Milwaukee and in Sunday’s finale in Toronto.”
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The retrieved Wikipedia entries (2003 NBA Finals, 2021 playoffs, and scoring leaders) are unrelated to the Nets' seeding strategy. No evidence directly supports or contradicts the claim about their knowledge of securing a Top 3 seed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2002–03 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion San Antonio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season. With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_NBA_playoffs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a regular season game. This feat has been accomplished 93 times in NBA history by 38 differe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_single-game_scorin…
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