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2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season

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Owner(s)
  
Mikhail Prokhorov

Record
  
49–33 (.598)

Arena
  
Barclays Center

Head coach
  
Avery Johnson, P.J. Carlesimo

Place
  
Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 4th (Eastern)

Playoff finish
  
East 1st Round (Lost to Bulls 4-3)

The 2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season was the franchise's 46th season, its 37th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its first season following its relocation from New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York, after the 2011–12 season. The Nets finished with a record of 49-33, their first winning season since 2005–06, the 2nd best record in the Atlantic Division and the 4th best in the Eastern Conference. When considering the Nets' time in the NBA only, the 49–33 record is also tied for the second best in franchise history at the time, and the 23–18 record on the road was the first winning record on the road in franchise history.

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In the 2013 NBA Playoffs, the Nets played an injury-plagued Chicago Bulls in the first round to seven games but lost the decisive game at home 99–93.

Key dates

  • June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
  • November 1: The Nets were scheduled to begin the 2012–13 campaign in the newly built Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York against the New York Knicks. However, due to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy all across New York City, the game was postponed.
  • November 3: The Nets' 2012–13 campaign in the newly built Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York home opener for the Nets started out against the Toronto Raptors.
  • December 27: The Nets fire head coach Avery Johnson after losing 10 of 13 games. P. J. Carlesimo is named interim head coach.

    • Credits

    No picks owing

    Debits

    2013 second round draft pick to Minnesota

    Brooklyn's own 2013 2nd round pick to Minnesota via Minnesota and New Orleans. [Brooklyn-Minnesota, 6/24/2011 and then Minnesota-New Orleans 7/13/2012 and then Minnesota-New Orleans-Phoenix, 7/27/2012]

    2014 second round draft pick to Boston

    Brooklyn's own 2014 2nd round pick to Boston. (Boston – Brooklyn, 6/23/2011)

    2015 second round draft pick to Utah

    Brooklyn's own 2015 2nd round pick to Utah (Brooklyn – Utah, 12/22/2011)

    2016 second round draft pick to L.A. Clippers

    The L.A. Clippers have the right to swap their own 2016 2nd round pick with Brooklyn's 2016 2nd round pick provided the L.A. Clippers' 2nd round pick is 31-55. If The L.A. Clippers pick is 56-60, Brooklyn's obligations to the L.A. Clippers shall be extinguished. (Brooklyn-L.A. Clippers, 7/11/2012)

    2017 second round draft pick to Atlanta

    Brooklyn's own 2017 2nd round pick to Atlanta. (Atlanta-Brooklyn, 7/11/2012)

    References

    2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season Wikipedia
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