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Knicks Five Game Win Streak Snapped by The Hawks

The knicks were so close to five wins in a row. They clawed back from a 16 point deficit late in the fourth quarter to send it to overtime. The Knicks came out swinging against the Hawks in OT and extended their lead to 8 points with 1:30 left in the game. This is where the Knicks ran out of luck, not scoring another point in this OT and letting the Hawks tie it up late to send it to a second overtime. The Knicks could not handle the Hawks in the second OT and lost in a 140-135 thriller. Trae Young had 48 points and was firing on all cylinders.

The Knicks had a chance to put up their first 5 game win streak since the 2013-2014 season. “It’s tough, it hurts,’’ said Wayne Ellington. “Everybody is upset. We all wanted to keep on going, keep on winning. But we go back to the drawing board and we learn from it. I was telling guys after the game, shoot, it’s hard to win five in a row in this league, no matter what type of team you’re on, who’s on your team or what’s going on. It’s hard to win five in a row in this league. And we were right there.’’

Julius Randle was huge for the Knicks in their huge comeback late in the fourth. He hit two clutch free throws to tie the game and put up 35 points and had 18 rebounds. He showed a glimmer of hope with a developing Knicks squad.

The Knicks will be hosting the Wizards on Wednesday, February 12 to hope to get back on a winning streak.

Caris LeVert has Big Game in Nets Win Over the Suns

With Kyrie Irving out with a sprained right knee the Brooklyn Nets were looking for somebody to set up and help them get a win over the Suns. Caris LeVert did that by putting up 29 points, a career high for LaVert, on the way to a huge 119-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

The Nets started slow but began to pick it up halfway through the first quarter. They shot 7 for 7 from the free throw line in this first quarter, which was way better than they shot on saturday’s loss to the Wizards. At the end of the first quarter Caris LeVert had a chance for a buzzer beater and he converted giving them a 35-31 win at the break. Going into the second quarter, they needed to keep the momentum in their favor, which they did not. They allow Phoenix to outscore them and cut the lead to 3 points going into halftime.

Coming out of halftime the Nets were unstoppable. They were firing on all cylinders and was a crucial quarter for them to be able to get the win. At the end the Nets had extended their lead to 17 points. Through the final quarter the Nets would hold a pretty significant lead throughout the whole quarter. The Nets had huge play from players like Spencer Dinwiddie who scored 14 points and had 4 assists, as well as a big shooting presence from Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot who scored 13 points and had 3 boards.

Keys to the Nets success was their ability to hit three pointers. The hit 15/34 which amounted to 45 points as well as a percentage of 44.1%. Also, the shot 18/21 from the free throw line, this allowed them to get 18 easy points and had a percentage of 85.7. This was a big step up from their previous performances and was a key victory without star player Kyrie Irving.

Knicks win a 139-134 OT thriller over the Cavaliers

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What a night for the New York Knicks. The game was extremely high paced and frenetic all night. After an up and down first quarter the Cavs lead 37-33 in the game. At the start of the second quarter the Cavs went up on an 8-3 run to give them a 45-36 lead. The Knicks spent the remainder of the quarter battling back to take a one point lead and heading into the locker room up 63-62.

The lead changes continued throughout the third quarter in what was an amazing quarter to watch. Between the teams they had six lead changes throughout the third quarter. At the end of the quarter the Cavs had a 100-95 lead thanks to a 8-0 run. At the beginning of the fourth quarter the Cavs went on another big run to extend their lead to 10, which was the biggest of the night. The Knicks refused to go away and with a three pointer from Marcus Morris they knotted the game at 120 with three minutes to go in the contest. With the Knicks up by three with less than a minute to play, Collin Sexton drained a tree to tied the game. The Knicks went down and had an opportunity to go up with a three by Marcus Morris. It went in and out but Frank Ntilikina had a huge offensive board for the Knicks with thirteen seconds left in the game. Mike Miller immediately called time out to set up a play for his team. Mike Miller set up a play to get Morris a baseline three pointer which he missed which set the game to OT.

The teams traded buckets throughout overtime until a minute left when Knicks player Marcus Morris drained a contested three to give them a 135-134 lead. After this the Knicks played outstanding defense to force a shot clock violation. Then Marcus Morris went down the court to hit another tough three pointer to extend the lead to 138-134. A quick shot by Garland allowed the Knicks to get the rebound and kick it out to Marcus Morris. He was fouled and went down to sink a free throw before the game ended 139-134 hard fought win for the Knicks.

Kyrie Irving Suffers Sprain Knee in Nets 113-107 loss to Wizards

The Nets have revealed that injury to star player Kyrie Irving in the 113-107 loss to the Wizards was a sprain and not a tear. Kyrie then took to instagram to speculate about the injury saying, “I appreciate everyone reaching out! I’ll be okay after last nights tweak with my knee. Honestly, what a scare, but I know God and the angels definitely looked out for me on that one! The Marathon Continues though, gotta keep the same focus and determination to get back out there when I’m Healthy! What a week of challenges, but I trust in the Divine Purpose of life!

Irving Scored 11 points shooting 5-12, including 1-5 on three pointers. Irving also added four assists and had four rebounds while playing 29 minutes in the game. He went on to say later that night after the fall, “So I just wanted to make sure sure my ACL, my MCL, and my PCL and just make sure that our medical staff did their check. And the most important thing was just my ACL, making sure it was fine. But it was just weird, weird, weird, weird fall. Just a lot of stretching and tension afterwards and just a bad fall, man.” After dropping the loss to the Wizards the Nets move to 21-27. They will be looking for playoff hope but need to pick up some wins, including monday night. Moving forward Irving has been ruled out for Mondays 7:30 p.m. game against the Phoenix Suns. This will mean the Other Nets players will need to pick it up in order to get a win over Devin Booker and the Suns.

Nets and Knicks- the First Phase

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The Nets and Knicks blog plans to write about the records and games of the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks. The blog is looking to achieve a couple things. One includes the ability for fans to track the progress of the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks. These team are both having a down year but these teams are looking to get out of this low in order to start winning some games. Also, this blog is trying to help the fans of these clubs to be able to track the teams even if they are not able to watch the games. Finally, it is helping to try and explain what could happen in the future. Whether that is playoff hopes or more likely what draft picks these teams will be lining up to get. I have been watching the NBA my entire life as well as playing basketball up through my sophomore year. This has allowed me to create a wide variety of knowledge about the game. With this it will help me to be able to explain what is happening between the Nets and Knicks, this will allow people to get information about these teams.