NEW YORK — Two teams played basketball at Barclays Center on Saturday. Let’s call them Team A and Team B.
Team A has the NBA’s third-largest payroll and a roster with two likely hall-of-fame players leading the charge. Team B has the NBA’s second-cheapest payroll, three rotation players watching from the sidelines and a roster full of mostly young, developing prospects.
Team A is supposed to win in a game against Team B, and it shouldn’t be a contest. In fact, Las Vegas made Team A 11-point favorites.
