The winner on a Friday night on Atlantic Avenue was Kyrie Irving. The other winner was the Knicks-Nets rivalry. Because it has finally arrived.
If the Nets are going to take over the city as Irving boasted Thursday, at least the Knicks will not go down without a fight. There were more Nets fans at Barclays Center than Knicks fans, but there was no louder sound than when Wayne Ellington sank two straight 3-pointers. Those shots sparked the Knicks’ wild rally from 19 points down, helping them grab the lead with 3:45 left.
However, that decibel reading on this raucous night may have been topped when Irving turned superstar, backing up his Thursday bravado.