A couple years ago, the Brooklyn Nets were the talk of New York.
Their big three of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden were set to take over the league, and the flailing Knicks were still in search of a franchise saviour. The contrast was abundantly clear in their head to head matchups.
The Nets absolutely dominated the Knicks head to head. Brooklyn rattled off nine (!) straight wins over their cross-town rivals, dating from January 2021 to February 2023. One team was bad, the other good. Simple as that.
These days, the big brother-little brother dynamic still holds true, but the roles have been reversed.