After returning from a six-game road trip where, frequently battered by injuries, they went 1-5, the Brooklyn Nets had their chance to shine on Tuesday evening.
Not counting their four appearances on NBA TV, Jordi Fernández’s team was playing their only nationally televised game of the season (on TNT) against the New York Knicks, a frequent opponent on or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
After ending their road trip with three straight losses, including two blowouts (one of them of historic proportions, the Nets would bring it on Tuesday. It was the Knicks, it was a chance to get right, they’d be facing Mikal Bridges in Barclays Center for the first time since last June’s trade.