WASHINGTON — It wasn't long ago that the Nets were the laughingstock of the NBA.
A team that started the year with championship aspirations, the Nets opened the season 6-9, parted ways with coach Steve Nash, struggled to find chemistry as Kyrie Irving served a suspension and played a brand of defense that was so bad that it allowed the Sacramento Kings to score 153 points on Nov. 15.
That team bears little resemblance to the one that picked up its fourth straight win Monday night,112-100 over the Wizards.