
Maybe, just maybe. I hesitate to say it out loud, really, for fear it might all fall apart. But here goes: Could there actually be a third team of relevance in the Eastern Conference? The Brooklyn Nets aren’t yet over .500, even following Sunday’s emotional 85-79 win in Boston over the Celtics and a near-perfect 2014 in which they’ve won 10 of 11 games. Given the state of the East, that type of success makes up ground in a hurry, and now the Nets