The New York Knicks needed a “feel good” win after an embarrassing loss to the wounded Washington Wizards on Monday. A 12-point drubbing of the Brooklyn Nets would fall under the category of “feel good” or perhaps even “feel great” if that’s a term.
New York held Brooklyn to just eight two-point field goals in the game. Yes, you read that correctly. Eight. The hapless Nets only managed to shoot 26.9% from the field and that’s just…yikes. Much of Brooklyn’s problems stemmed from a walled-off interior.
The Knicks’ bigs did a good job of protecting the paint and forcing the Nets to fire away from the perimeter, which was a sound strategy.