Josh Minott erupts, Nets rally late, but Knicks close out season sweep
Pride was the point Friday night at Barclays Center. The Knicks had won the first three meetings by an average of 34. 3 points.
The Nets walked in knowing what the series had become. So, Brooklyn responded the only way it could, by turning the game into a grind, by dragging the Knicks into a mud fight, and by refusing to let another night turn into a difficult lesson. It still wasn’t enough.
“I wanted that sh-t so fu–ing bad,” Josh Minott said. “Ever since we’ve been here, it’s like every game’s an away game. Tonight was just the night to really just stick it to everybody.
Just as an organization and as a team to show people that we got shit here. Sea of blue, sea of orange, every game we play, a sea of the other team. ” The Nets lost 93-92 and saw their losing streak reach six games as the Knicks completed the season sweep , but the night didn’t read like the previous three.
Brooklyn defended, forced turnovers and made the Knicks work for nearly everything. It just didn’t survive the Knicks’ third-quarter punch and Jalen Brunson’s closing time heroics. Minott was the reason it was a game at all.
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