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Haven't watched much of the Knicks this year, but I watched the first half and very little of the second. New York's knocking down shots like it's 2010 pre-Melo. Except Melo is now part of the mix, and his play has been phenomenal thus far.

Unbelievable what Jeffrey Loria is doing. Hard for many to step in his way in a baseball market like that one. Saw OTL today covering this whole situation, and it brings back memories of the Sonicsgate episode and Clay Bennett.

Welcome to Brooklyn, JJ. Was waiting for the outbreak. Deron with his best game thus far this season. Very little Utah Deron during the previous games.

Beautiful first half. Not the ultimate test: not pulling a total 180 after halftime.

Was thrilled that the PJax rumors started, thinking that would free up D'Antoni for Brooklyn if Avery ever got fired.

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL offense second and third quarters. No movement whatsoever. What the hell, Avery.

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(Revised 11/17)

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I think the roster itself is fine. But Avery's lack of creativity/seeming complacency on both ends scares me. A lot. If the Nets' FO continues to be satisfied with the work he's doing, this could turn into a disaster.

Nope. NBA.com scoreboard is glitching at the moment.

Inexcusable. Greg Anthony called it. The level of intensity just collapsed, the team stopped trusting each other, and everything fell apart. Still going to give this team some time to get it together, but things like this simply cannot happen. Similar situation in the first game, but the Nets managed not to break.

Teletovic makes his debut with seven seconds left in the half and knocks down a three.

No Crash today (sprained ankle from the final minutes of the opener). Stackhouse is going to see time, per Avery. Tyshawn Taylor stepped onto the court for the first time. I am in love with this second unit.

First time CP3 and Kyrie are squaring off in their careers

Nets' front office was informed that there was a fan from Ireland as well as a fan from Australia that worked around several obstacles to attend the November 1 game, only to find out it was canceled. They gave them tickets to last night's game, introduced both of them to Prokhorov. Prokhorov signed some apparel and took pictures with them. Irina Pavlova booked flights back home for the fans.

Wow... that was way too close. Offense died out quite a bit in the third and took a while to recover. Lots of work to do, but even with the question marks and concerns, tonight was something special. Always seemed like every game I went to was the same : winnable game, comfortable lead, total collapse. Tonight was a change from that. Hard to describe the feeling brought out by this crowd and this venue. Phenomenal.

Food is expensive but awesome.

Lots of empty seats lower level. Not a single one up here. Crowd has been amazing. Brooklyn Knight, the mascot designed by Marvel, was unveiled. Intros were awesome. Getting here was a bit of a mess. Thought the Q train was back in operation, but it wasn't yet.

First unit interior D in the first was terrible. Second unit was simply amazing. Watson, Evans, and Brooks do a hell of a job. First and second quarter defense were like night and day.

4 and 5 trains have resumed activity. Makes trip-planning a lot easier.