Despite missing Kevin Durant, James Harden and Blake Griffin, Brooklyn’s big three of Kyrie Irving, Joe Harris and Jeff Green dragged the Nets past the Knicks Monday night, erasing an 14-point third quarter deficit and handing New York its fourth loss in five games.
Sorry to be a downer, but this loss was exasperating. The Knicks held their own against the depleted Nets for the second time in three weeks, but like last time, failed to finish the job. Brooklyn’s makeshift big three combined for 79 points, led by an infuriating 40 from Irving, who is both transcendent and annoying, but more annoying than transcendent.