Allonzo Trier said Kyrie Irving’s remark about “we’re going to take over the whole entire city’’ was misinterpreted and not a slight at the Knicks.
The Knicks second-year guard refuted a question on if there’s any motivation about Irving’s alleged challenge that his Nets’ squad is geared up to conquer New York.
“He didn’t say that,’’ Trier said, after Irving’s dagger 3-pointer with 22 seconds left gave Brooklyn a 113-109 triumph over the Knicks at Barclays Center on Friday. “If you read his comment, it was not what he was trying to say.