The Nets haven’t kept opponents off the offensive glass so far this season, but on Friday night, they took that to all kinds of new lows.
With the Nets playing a heretofore winless Knicks team, this wasn’t shirts and skins. This looked more like hobbits versus giants. The Nets got humiliated on the boards and got battered 107-86 by their rivals at the sold-out Garden.
“We came out the gate and they were the more aggressive team,” Nets forward DeMarre Carroll said. “Credit to them. They basically just kicked our butts. They threw it up at the goal and just knocked us out of the way and went and got it.