Nets guard Kyrie Irving reportedly requests trade
Irving's relationship with the Nets has been tumultuous at times since he was signed in 2019.
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Irving's relationship with the Nets has been tumultuous at times since he was signed in 2019.
The Knicks pulled within a game of Miami for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
The Nets dropped to 4-7 since Kevin Durant sprained his right knee on Jan. 8.
The Knicks were 7 for 34 from 3-point range and dropped their second straight.
Irving scored 26 points in the 121-104 victory. James remains 117 shy of passing Abdul-Jabbar.
Kharleen Ostrowski was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
Irving's sixth straight game of 30 or more points gave him a career high and the Nets an NBA franchise record.
The Knicks have won two straight.
They had lost seven in a row overall to the Nets.
The Nets have lost five of the last seven games without Kevin Durant.
RJ Barrett added 16 points and Jalen Brunson had 14 for the Knicks, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Brooklyn outscored the defending champs 27-10 over the final 6:57 in the 120-116 victory.
RJ Barrett scored 30 points and Julius Randle had 23 and 19 boards in the 125-116 loss.
Irving accounted for 18 of the Nets' 43 baskets by himself.
Julius Randle had 32 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks but was held scoreless in the final period.
Brooklyn fought back from 20 points down in the fourth quarter to make things tight in the final minute.
The Knicks have lost two straight home games to teams behind them in the standings this week.
The Nets lost their third straight.
Barrett's end-to-end driving dunk with 0.6 seconds left in regulation had the basket shaking, but the Raptors recovered to beat the Knicks 123-121 in OT.
Seth Curry scored 23 points, but it wasn't enough as Brooklyn fell to OKC 112-102.
Jaylen Brunson added 27 as New York rolled to its 11th straight win over Detroit, 117-104.
The Knicks won for the sixth time in seven games.
Jayson Tatum had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Boston pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Brooklyn in the Nets' first game since losing Kevin Durant to a knee injury.
Jaylen Brunson stayed red hot, finishing with 34 in the 119-113 victory on Wednesday.
Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 44 points for New York, but it wasn't enough in a 111-107 defeat.