On the morning of February 17, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, Knicks vs Nets. As a result, the Knicks were reversed by the Nets at 38-18, 27-26, 22-29, 19-38, and the total score was 106-111. Randle grabbed 31 points and 10 rebounds, but the Nets had to blossom more in the final moments, and Cam Thomas became the key to the Nets' victory.
Before the game, the Knicks were 12th in the East with 25 wins and 33 losses, and the Nets were 8th in the East with 30 wins and 27 losses. In the previous eight meetings between the two teams, the Knicks have a big disadvantage with 2 wins and 6 losses, especially since January 14, 2021, the Knicks have lost all four games between the two teams.
In their recent form, the Knicks have suffered two straight losses and have won just one of their last seven games; not to mention the Nets, who have just rebounded in the last round after the team suffered an 11-game losing streak to beat the Kings 109-85.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Nets start: Mills, Curry, Brown, Johnson, Drummond; Knicks starters: Walker, Fournier, Grimes, Randall, Robinson.
In the first quarter, Knicks forward Robinson and Nets center Drummond jumped the ball, the Knicks made a mistake, and Mills missed a three-point shot. However, then the Knicks' Randle took the ball and went into no man's land, scoring consecutive points to reverse the score. At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks won the first quarter at 38-18, and judging from the first quarter of the game, the Nets made frequent mistakes and showed signs of collapse.
In the second quarter, the Nets had some improvement on both the defensive and offensive ends, the turnover rate was not as high as in the first quarter, Cam Thomas was calm, and the coordination between Curry and Drummella also improved. Finally, in the second quarter, the Knicks finished 27-26, with a total score of 65-44 at halftime.
Half-time scoring:
Nets: Drummond 7 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist, Seth Curry 6 points and 4 assists, James Johnson 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Brown 5 points and 1 rebound, Mills 2 points and 1 rebound, Griffin 8 points, Aldridge 5 points and 2 rebounds, Cam Thomas 3 points and 2 rebounds, Carter 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists;
Knicks: Randall 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Fournier 11 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Quentin Grimes 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Walker 5 points and 2 assists, Robinson 4 rebounds, Topping 8 points and 3 rebounds, Quakeley 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Reddish 3 points and 1 assist, Gibson 2 points, 4 rebounds, Burks 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
In the third quarter, the Nets played better and better, and the defense against Randle was more successful, and as a result, in the third quarter, the Nets ended the third quarter 29-22, but still trailed by 14 points at 87-73 on aggregate.
In the fourth quarter, under the leadership of Drummond, Cam Thomas was the savior of danger, turning the tide, and scoring consecutive key shots to surpass the score. In the final moments, with Aldridge hitting two free throws, the score came to 111-106, with only the last 2 seconds left in the game, and the Knicks were already powerless to equalize. In the end, the score in the fourth quarter was fixed at 19-38, the total score was 106-111, and the Knicks were hit by the Nets' desperate reversal.
The match was particularly exciting and set 3 new records. First, the Nets continue to hold the record of four consecutive wins against the Knicks; second, this is the second time since entering 2022 that the Nets have won two straight games, which is simply not easy.