Editing Brooklyn Nets (section)

===Toronto Raptors===
{{Main|Nets–Raptors rivalry}}
The rivalry with the [[Toronto Raptors]] began in the 2000s, specifically in 2004, after Raptors guard/forward [[Vince Carter]] was traded to the New Jersey Nets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rausch|first=William|title=A Brief History Of The Nets-Raptors Rivalry|url=http://thebrooklyngame.com/brooklyn-nets-toronto-raptors-rivalry-history/|publisher=The Brooklyn Game|date=April 18, 2014|access-date=July 3, 2015|archive-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704053527/http://thebrooklyngame.com/brooklyn-nets-toronto-raptors-rivalry-history/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Carter acquired">{{cite web|title=Raptors receive three players and two picks|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1948449|website=[[ESPN|ESPN.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=June 20, 2014|location=Indianapolis|date=December 18, 2004|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006233036/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1948449|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the two teams did not meet in the playoffs until [[2007 NBA playoffs|2007]], when the Nets defeated the Raptors in the first round series, 4 games to 2, after a go-ahead shot by [[Richard Jefferson]] with 8 seconds left in Game 6 led to a 98–97 victory.<ref name="Game 6 win vs Raptors 2007">{{cite web|title=Jefferson's late basket sends Nets to second round|url=http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270504017|website=[[ESPN|ESPN.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=June 20, 2014|archive-date=August 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808151827/http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270504017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[2014 NBA playoffs|2014]], the teams met again in the first round, and the series went to seven games, with a game-winning block by [[Paul Pierce]], giving the Nets the 104–103 victory.<ref name="Game 7 victory vs Raptors 2014">{{cite web|title=Paul Pierce's block leads Nets past Raptors in Game 7|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=400553094|website=[[ESPN|ESPN.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=June 20, 2014|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707081226/http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400553094|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was noted for controversy when Toronto Raptors general manager [[Masai Ujiri]] made derogatory remarks towards Brooklyn at a fan rally outside [[Maple Leaf Square]] in [[Toronto]] before Game 1. Ujiri later apologized at halftime.<ref>{{cite web|author=Slam Staff|title=Raptors GM Masai Ujiri Shouts 'F*** Brooklyn' at Fan Rally (Video)|url=http://www.slamonline.com/media/slam-tv/masai-ujiri-shouts-fuck-brooklyn-video/|work=[[SLAM Magazine]]|date=April 19, 2014|access-date=July 3, 2015|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703045051/http://www.slamonline.com/media/slam-tv/masai-ujiri-shouts-fuck-brooklyn-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Raptors and Nets faced each other in the [[2020 NBA playoffs]] in the first round, with Toronto winning the series four games to none.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raptors overwhelm Nets 150-122 to finish first-round sweep |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401236264 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=November 30, 2020 |date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824100851/https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401236264 |url-status=dead}}</ref>