RECAP – FINAL: #Nets 81 – #Knicks 110
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The Brooklyn Nets were defeated by the New York Knicks by a score of 110-81 in Manhattan.
Rundown:
The Knicks came out shooting well behind JR Smith’s three 3-pointers and 11 first quarter points to the tune of a 29-20 lead after the first quarter. The rest was more of the same as the Knicks went on a 44-19 run to push the lead to 63-38 halftime lead behind 67 percent shooting and a 20-to-12 edge in rebounding. Brooklyn decided to wake up and put together a couple of runs in the third to get the big lead down to 14 points with three minutes left in the quarter. The run was stopped with two more end- of-quarter 3-pointers by the Knicks. The game was over and the benches emptied to a bad 110-81 loss to the Manhattan Knicks.
Momentum Changers:
With the Knicks leaking water and only up 74-60 with the Nets storming back Pablo Prigioni hit a 3-pointer coupled with a Nets turnover and a Smith jumper and a three put the game out of reach entering the fourth.
NUMBERS:
Brooklyn is 3rd team in the last 40 years to earn a playoff berth after entering the New Year 10+games under.500.
Joe Johnson has tied Jason Richardson for 15th in NBA history in 3-pointers made (1,577).
Brooklyn is now 30-13 in 2014.
Johnson (16) – Williams (12) – Anderson (11)
Coach received his first career regular-season technical as a coach with 8:56 left in the second quarter and joked about it after.
“Accidentally, that was an accident,” Kidd said with a smile. “I was wrong,” said Kidd, “They felt that I expressed too much so I got a T. No big thing.”
Kidd on the Nets’ 14-22 road record. “There are 41 road games. … You can’t win them all.”
“If you lose by one or by 100, it’s a loss, and we move on.”
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NEXT UP: The Nets will be back in action Friday night when they the Detroit Pistons in Brooklyn. The game can be seen on MY9 at 7:30.
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