Follow usJalen Brunson poured in 40 points, Josh Hart added a season-high 27 in his second game with his new team and the seventh-placed New York Knicks snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Brooklyn Nets with a 124-106 victory.
YERR! Got the dub ✅ pic.twitter.com/SGpqBgQiky
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) February 14, 2023
The Knicks pulled within two games of the Nets for fifth place in the Eastern Conference as the top 6 teams are guaranteed playoff spots.
Julius Randle had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who beat the Nets for the first time in three years.
The Nets never lost to the Knicks when Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving played, but they’re both gone now and perhaps so will be the Nets’ ownership of New York’s basketball rivalry.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points for the Nets, who showed again how much of a struggle scoring could be after trading their two All-Stars last week. Cam Johnson had 14, but Mikal Bridges, who came with him from Phoenix in the Durant trade, was 2 of 8 for seven points.
New York beat the Nets twice in the 2019-20 season, which Durant missed while recovering from Achilles tendon surgery.
Irving was injured for one Knicks victory, then left Madison Square Garden after learning of Kobe Bryant’s death before the most recent one on Jan. 26, 2020.
The Nets host Miami Heat while the Knicks visit Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.
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