Professional Sports Leagues Make Strides Regarding Social Justice, Black Lives Matter Movement
Professional athletes have come a long way since Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem against police brutality in 2016.
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Professional athletes have come a long way since Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem against police brutality in 2016.
A crowd that waited eight years to see another Knicks playoff game needed just minutes to make Trae Young its target. Young heard the fans' hate. Then he silenced them.
Durant, Irving and Harden scored 28 of the Nets' 31 points in the period, with Joe Harris — who made Brooklyn's only 3-pointer of the first half — hitting another for the other points.
Kevin Durant had 23 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets took the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 123-109 on Sunday night.
Usually at home when the playoffs start, the New York Knicks will be on their home court this time.
The Knicks improved to 40-31 and moved into a tie with the idle Atlanta Hawks for the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
The eighth appearance of the season for Brooklyn's Big Three wasn't particularly pretty. But the Nets had some sharp stretches and won their fourth straight, improving to 6-2 with their three All-Stars in the same game.
Julius Randle had 25 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Knicks, who are a half-game behind Atlanta as they battle the Hawks and Miami for the final home-court position in the East.
When the Celtics lost to the Cavs on Wednesday night, it ended the Knicks' seven-year playoff drought.
Coming off the bench in an NBA game for the first time since he won the league's Sixth Man award for Oklahoma City in 2011-12, Harden also had seven rebounds after the longest layoff of his career.
Brooklyn remains ahead of Milwaukee in the race for the second seed in the conference playoffs.
Derrick Rose scored 25 points off the bench, Reggie Bullock added 24 and the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-100 on Sunday to snap an eight-game skid at Staples Center.
A feisty Chris Paul had 17 points and 11 assists, Deandre Ayton scored 26 points and the Suns stayed in the hunt for the top record in the NBA by beating the Knicks 128-105 on Friday night.
The Nets were coming off back-to-back losses to Milwaukee.
This one got away from New York early. The Knicks committed three fouls in the game's first 22 seconds and coach Tom Thibodeau was hit with a technical 28 seconds in. Things got worse from there.
Brooklyn (43-23) lost its third straight to fall 1½ games behind Philadelphia (44-21) .
Julius Randle scored 28 points, Derrick Rose added 25, converting 11 of 15 shots and the New York Knicks held off the Memphis Grizzlies 118-104 on Monday night.
Julius Randle scored 31 points in three quarters to lead the New York Knicks to a 122-97 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.
Giannis Antetokounmpo played how he wants to play, and it was enough to overcome a terrific effort by Kevin Durant.
Brooklyn had its lead over Philadelphia for the East No. 1 seed cut to a half-game ahead of a five-game trip that starts Sunday with the first of a pair of games in Milwaukee.
The Nets are 29-8 since Feb. 10, best in the league, and have clinched a playoff spot.
RJ Barrett added 22 points as New York bounced back from its loss Monday that snapped a nine-game winning streak.
Kyrie Irving finished with nine points, six rebounds and four assists. Seven other Nets scored in double figures on the night Brooklyn became the first Eastern Conference team to lock up a playoff spot.
Devin Booker scored 33 points and the Phoenix Suns capped a grueling road trip with a 118-110 victory Monday night that snapped the New York Knicks' nine-game winning streak.
Long a superstar, Kevin Durant is turning into a super sub.
