In one of the matches of the regular NBA championship, the basketball players of Brooklyn and New York will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this confrontation? Our portal gives a forecast for this match.
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn basketball players lead the Eastern Conference standings with 14 wins and 6 losses. Nash's team beat Cleveland, Orlando and Boston before losing to Phoenix in an equal fight. In the match with the Suns, Durant was able to score 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals to 39 points. Aldridge and Bembry scored 18 points, and Hardon scored 12 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists.
New York Knicks
The team from New York is located on the 7th line in the Eastern Conference standings, with 11 wins and 9 losses. Thibodeau's team has been consistently alternating wins with losses since November 19, and in their last match they were able to beat Atlanta with a score of 99:90. Berks managed to score 23 points and also made 7 rebounds. Fournier added 20 points and Barrett added 15.
Statistics and figures:
- The hosts are the favorites of the meeting;
- Brooklyn won 4 out of 4 meetings;
- The Knicks managed to win three times in 5 games;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 114:112 in favor of Brooklyn.
Forecast
I don't think the Knicks can win. And in general, it will be difficult to fight with Brooklyn. However, I don't think that the guests will lose outrageously. Most likely, they will be able to keep a solid 7.5 points head start.