On March 14, Beijing time, the league's regular season continued to unfold, and New York also ushered in the derby, and the Brooklyn Nets sat at home to meet the New York Knicks. Before this game, the Nets had a 34-33 record of eighth in the East, and the Knicks were 12th in the East with a record of 28 wins and 39 losses, but Curry Jr. temporarily did not participate in this game because of sore ankles.
In the first quarter, the Knicks fell into a scoring drought at the beginning of the game, KD shot 2+1 on the counter-attack, Dragic scored three points, Brown sent a dunk, and the Nets played an 11-0 offensive climax. After the game came to more than 3 minutes, Fournier withdrew two points for the Knicks to break the scoring drought, and then Randall and Fournier hit three points in succession, the Knicks began to chase points, but Durant, who felt good, also responded, Burkes burst into the inside line to pick up the basket 2+1, Barrett counterattacked and then played to chase the point difference to 5 points, the two sides continued to carry out a tug-of-war, Fournier, Durant hit three points each, Randall broke through the basket, Durant shot in response, the first quarter of the war, the Nets 35-30 Knicks.
In the second quarter, Sims and Clarkston performed an empty dunk as soon as they came up, Barrett continued to play inside the line, Quickley sent a throw, the Knicks played a wave of 8-0 attack directly against the Nets, Johnson's basket strong hit finally stopped bleeding, Durant came up and continued to carry out the shooting to equalize the score, and the two sides continued to glue a tug-of-war. Randle threw a throw to continue to hit, and Drummond responded with a strong inside shot Robinson, Barrett steals and counter-attacks after the Knicks are 5 points ahead of the Nets, but Durant stood up again to start a crazy chase, and Drummond continued to play hard, and finally after halftime, the Nets regained the lead 62-60.
In the third quarter, Barrett hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, Durant continued to score steadily from mid-range, Fournier hit a three-point shot, Drummond responded with a 2+1 inside dunk, and the two sides continued to chase me. Fournier, who shot from outside, once again helped the Knicks play a 7-0 small climax to beat the Nets, after which Durant quickly cut seven points in a row to make a strong response, Brown broke through the layup to help the Nets play an 11-0 climax and countered the score by 7 points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nets continued to hold the lead 88-83.
In the final showdown, Clarkston came up to hook up to add 2 points, Topping responded with 3 points from the outside, Knicks to 1 point, Clarkston cut a layup to stop the bleeding urgently, and Mills finally scored the first 3 points in this game, Randle made a quick response on the outside, but Durant scored 4 points in a row, but Dragic's offside foul was to give the Knicks a chance to breathe, Funel drifted 3 points to score again, Barrett successively went inside to help the Knicks play a wave of 9-0 to reverse the score again, And Drummond's inside strong play finally stopped, Durant hit a key 3-pointer, And Randle dunked to continue his life, but Fournier's key pass was stolen, the game lost suspense, and finally the Nets beat the Knicks 110-107.