Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks: Live stream, TV info, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets look to secure their first season series victory over the New York Knicks since 2014-15 when the teams meet Friday at Barclays Center.

The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks enter Friday’s matchup at Barclays Center streaking in opposite directions.

The Nets (26-23) have won their last five games and are 9-2 in January, while the Knicks (10-36) have dropped seven straight and are just 1-8 this month.

Brooklyn was taken two of the first three meetings from the Knicks and the teams will wrap up their four-game season series on Friday. The Nets haven’t won a season series from New York since sweeping the Knicks in 2014-15.

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The Nets picked up their fifth win in a row on Wednesday night at Barclays Center, beating the Orlando Magic 114-110. The Knicks were also at home Wednesday, when they lost to the Houston Rockets by the same 114-110 score.

Brooklyn took the lead for good against the Magic on D’Angelo Russell‘s jumper from the elbow with 3:37 remaining and sealed the deal on Russell’s free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining after Nikola Vucevic‘s game-tying basket was waved off due to offensive goaltending.

Spencer Dinwiddie led the Nets with 29 points, while Russell finished with 25 points and 10 assists. Jarrett Allen had 11 rebounds for Brooklyn.

The Knicks took a 110-109 lead over Houston on Allonzo Trier‘s layup with 20 seconds remaining, but Eric Gordon canned a 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left and then stole the ball from Noah Vonleh with 5.6 seconds to go, feeding James Harden for a game-sealing dunk.

Trier led New York with 31 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 21 points. Vonleh finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks and Frank Ntilikina dished out six assists.

Mitchell Robinson went for 12 points and three blocks and Kevin Knox logged 12 points and two blocked shots.

Series history

The Nets are 95-99 against the Knicks since joining the NBA in 1976. They also have the longest winning streak in the series, taking 11 straight games from Feb. 25, 1984, to March 1, 1986.

New York has the highest-scoring game in the series with a 135-118 win at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 5, 1987. The Nets hit their high mark of 126 points on two separate occasions, the last coming in a 126-121 win at Manhattan on March 13, 1987.

The Knicks also have the largest margin of victory in the series with a 125-93 win on Dec. 19, 1987, at home. The Nets’ biggest win was a 105-76 win at East Rutherford on Feb. 26, 2003.

The individual scoring lead was set by Bernard King, who had 60 points in a Christmas Day loss at Manhattan in 1984. John Williamson has the highest-scoring game by a Net with 43 points in a win at Piscataway on Feb. 12, 1978.

Since the move to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are 13-14, with each team holding a four-game winning streak in that span. Brooklyn’s came from Nov. 7, 2014, to April 1, 2015, and the Knicks had theirs from Oct. 27, 2017, to Jan. 30, 2018.

The Nets have the highest-scoring game of the Brooklyn era in a 121-110 win at the Garden on March 16, 2017. New York’s top-scoring performance was a 119-104 win at Barclays Center on Jan. 15, 2018.

The Knicks also have the most lopsided win of the Brooklyn era, a 113-83 win at Barclays Center on Dec. 5, 2013. Brooklyn’s biggest win was a 103-80 victory on Jan. 20, 2014.

Carmelo Anthony scored 45 points in a win at Barclays Center on Dec. 11, 2012, to set the individual scoring standard. The high game for the Nets was 33 points by Brook Lopez in a Feb. 19, 2016, win at Barclays Center.

*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.

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Here’s how to catch the final Battle of the Boroughs in 2018-19.

New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass

The skinny

Availability

New York: QUESTIONABLE–Emmanuel Mudiay (left shoulder); OUT–Kadeem Allen (two-way, Westchester Knicks), Isaiah Hicks (two-way, Westchester Knicks), Luke Kornet (sprained left ankle), Kristaps Porzingis (left knee).

Brooklyn: QUESTIONABLE–Spencer Dinwiddie (right thumb), Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (left shoulder strain); OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Jared Dudley (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (left shoulder subluxation), Alan Williams (two-way, Long Island Nets).

Last meeting

Dec. 8 at Manhattan: The Nets held off a fourth-quarter rally by the Knicks, who cut a 19-point deficit early in the period to just five points, and held on for a 112-104 victory at Madison Square Garden.

Spencer Dinwiddie led Brooklyn with 25 points and also had six assists. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 20 points, Jarrett Allen went for 14 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks and D’Angelo Russell handed out 11 assists.

Enes Kanter paced New York with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Noah Vonleh had four assists and three steals, Emmanuel Mudiay finished with 13 points and four assists and Mitchell Robinson logged three steals.

What’s next?

New York: vs. Miami, Sunday; at Charlotte, Monday; vs. Dallas, Wednesday

Brooklyn: at Boston, Monday; vs. Chicago, Tuesday; at San Antonio, Thursday