Knicks or the Nets?

In the ongoing tussle between New York's finest NBA teams, comparisons are often drawn between the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets. In fairness, it's a tough call. The New York Knicks appear to be the better team based on their history of wins, what with 2 NBA Championship Titles in 1970 and 1973.

They also have 8 Conference Titles to their credit in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1994, and 1999. The New York Knicks also managed to secure 5 Division titles over the years, including 1971, 1989, 1993, 1994, and 2013. But the Brooklyn Nets are no pushovers as we're about to find out. Get the scoop on the New York Knicks right here at 888 Sport NJ.

The all-time point scorers with the New York Knicks include the following superstar NBA players

* Patrick Ewing who’s #33 was retired in 2003. He played with the New York Knicks between 1985 and 2000. Ewing scored 23,665 points for the team over his career.
* Patrick Ewing also scored the greatest number of rebound points at 10,759, followed close in tow by Willis Reed at 8,414, and Charles Oakley at 7,291
* The all-time assists point scorer for the New York Knicks is none other than Walt Frazier with 4,791 points, with Mark Jacobson at 4,005, and Dick Maguire 2,950.

Switching gears to the Brooklyn Nets, this team has not won any NBA championships yet, but they do have 2 ABA Championships to their credit. They won the 1973/1974 ABA championships finals under the guidance of coach K. Loughery (55-29).

The next year in 1974/1975 they lost the Eastern Division Semifinals, but came back strong in 1975/1976 to win the ABA finals for the second time, again under coach K. Loughery (55-29). During their championship titles, the highest win share (WS) was J. Erving in 1973/1974 with 16.5, and in 1975/1976 the same player posted 17.7.

When these two teams go head-to-head against one another, who comes out on top? We'll cover that in our next section!

Head-to-Head: New York Knicks vs Brooklyn Nets

Championship titles aside, the New York Knicks have played against the Brooklyn Nets a total of 199+ regular-season games (as at Tuesday, June 9, 2020). Of that tally, the New York Knicks have won 101 games, compared to 98 wins for the Brooklyn Nets. Team performances in recent seasons have ebbed and flowed between the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets. Going back to the 2014/2015 season, the following results were generated:

* 2014/2015, the New York Knicks lost 4 games and the Brooklyn Nets won 4 games.
* 2015/2016, the New York Knicks won 2 games and the Brooklyn Nets won 2 games.
* 2016/2017, the New York Knicks won 2 games and the Brooklyn Nets won 2 games.
* 2017/2018, the New York Knicks won all 4 games against the Brooklyn Nets.
* 2018/2019, the New York Knicks won 1 game and the Brooklyn Nets won 3 games.
* 2019/2020, the New York Knicks won 2 games and the Brooklyn Nets won 2 games.

Based on the recent results, and the overall trend, the New York Knicks have a slight advantage over the Brooklyn Nets. For the 2019/2020 NBA standings, the New York Knicks are currently ranked at #12 in the Eastern Conference, while the Brooklyn Nets are currently at #7 in the Eastern Conference.

For the 2019/2020 season, the Brooklyn Nets have an impressive win/loss record of .469 compared to the rather lackluster performance of the New York Knicks at .318. Similar trends are evident in the Division standings, where the Atlantic Division features 5 teams, with the Brooklyn Nets in position #4, and the New York Knicks in position #5.

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*Photo courtesy of Luis M. Alvarez and AP