Knicks-Nets 'Battle Of The Boroughs' Heads To MSG
Knicks star Carmelo Anthony says he will be a game-time decision for Wednesday night. The Nets can only hope he will sit out based on how the Brooklyn-born star has fared against them this season.
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Knicks star Carmelo Anthony says he will be a game-time decision for Wednesday night. The Nets can only hope he will sit out based on how the Brooklyn-born star has fared against them this season.
Mo Williams scored 19 points, Al Jefferson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Brooklyn Nets 92-90 Tuesday night despite nearly throwing away the victory.
A new city, arena and roster have stepped up new expectations. It's no longer acceptable for the Nets to merely beat up on the weak. This team is built to contend now.
Turnovers cost the Nets as the Bulls won 83-82.
On Friday night, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant hit the court with "Newtown CT" on his sneakers to honor the victims of the massacre.
As Detroit kept coming back, Joe Johnson figured the game could come down to a last shot. It did and he knew it was in as soon as it left his hands.
The word is out around the League that Nets star point guard Deron Williams is not operating at maximum efficiency.
Joe Johnson scored 23 points, Andray Blatche had 14 points and nine rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets beat Toronto 94-88 Wednesday night, snapping a season-high five-game losing streak.
The flagpole had been donated to a local VFW post after the stadium was demolished in 1960 and remained at that site until Nets part-owner Bruce Ratner, the Barclays Center developer, obtained it in 2007 with the plan of bringing it here.
Usually a heartbreaking Nets loss like this has me frothing at the mouth, with excessive complaints about my team. Oh, they still exist, but I'm choosing to refrain for one day.
If the rivalry hadn't started when the Nets left New Jersey and set up shop in the Knicks' city, it surely arrived when Jason Kidd delivered the tiebreaking 3-pointer Tuesday night, making himself an enemy of his former franchise.
There is far less hype surrounding the second meeting between the Knicks and the Nets on Tuesday night than there was for their first game a couple of weeks ago.
"We're ready, we will be ready," Carmelo Anthony said. "That first game, we didn't think they did anything to beat us. We kind of beat ourselves. We have that in the back of our minds."
The following is meant to be a warning shot in the direction of Brooklyn guard Joe Johnson, whose lackluster play contributed to the Nets' desultory 97-88 loss to Milwaukee at the Barclays Center.
The Brooklyn Nets rallied during the fourth quarter, but ended up falling short Sunday night as they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 97-88.
