The Brooklyn Nets visited Madison Square Garden on Wednesday to face the New York Knicks for the fourth and final time this season and lost 142-118. The regular-season series between the two teams is tied at 2-2.
For the Nets, Cameron Johnson had 33 points and two rebounds while Mikal Bridges had 21 points and three assists. Cam Thomas had 15 points off the bench and Spencer Dinwiddie had 11 points.
For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson had 39 points and six assists while Quentin Grimes had 22 points and three rebounds. Julius Randle had 21 points and RJ Barrett had 15 points.
In the first half, it was a demolition job done by the Knicks on the Nets. New York was able to get any shot it wanted and Brooklyn could not buy a bucket. The Knicks made 14 threes in the half and they out-rebounded the Nets 23-13.
In the second half, the game was not as lopsided as the first half, but since the Nets were down 24, they weren’t able to make any real dent in the deficit despite playing better basketball. Brooklyn shot the ball better, but their defense continued to be porous in the second half.
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