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The Knicks (25*-18) assemble on their home court again, desperate to avoid a season-worst, fifth-straight loss. They couldn’t ask for a better opponent to right the ship. The Brooklyn Nets (12-29), mired in a rebuild season, limp into the Garden having lost seven of their last eight games. The Knicks’ four-game skid (as well as the one that came before it) has exposed familiar vulnerabilities on both sides of the ball. In Saturday’s 114-97 home loss to Dallas, the Knicks coughed up 17 turnovers and allowed one of the league’s worst three-ball teams to shoot 47% from beyond the arc. New York never led in a game against a shorthanded squad that ranks near the bottom of the Western Conference. There’s always a silver lining. In this case, the Knicks are still loaded with the same talent that had some predicting them to go all the way this season. If they haven’t given up on coach Mike Brown or each other, this adversity might help to fortify their resolve, to make them stronger. A victory against an outclassed Nets squad could be the first step on New York’s road to redemption. If they lose? Commence the firesale! The Knicks will have their full rotation available tonight, while Brooklyn’s depth could be tested. Haywood Highsmith is out with a knee injury, and Day’Ron Sharpe is listed as questionable with an illness. The Knicks demolished Brooklyn 134-98 at the Garden in their first meeting, then cruised to a 113-100 road win on November 24 behind Karl-Anthony Towns’ 37-point, 12-rebound performance. That victory extended New York’s winning streak over Brooklyn to 12 consecutive games—the longest in the rivalry’s history. Prediction ESPN.com has the Knicks as heavy home favorites, picking them at almost 80%. That seems generous, given the recent fumbles and stumbles, but New York has good reason to be considered favorites. Brooklyn is a try-hard club under Jordi Fernández, but New York is the better team on paper and should be desperate for a win. Emphasis on should be. A win won’t drastically change minds about the state of the Knicks, but it will help. In an encouraging display of pride and talent, New York wins this one by a dozen. Game Details Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026Time: 7:30 PM ETPlace: Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, NYCTV: MSGFollow: @ptknicksblog and bsky * Should be one more, but the Cup final doesn’t count.

Did you think we were trying to dodge the bullet of covering the ugliest defeat in Knicks’ history here in the Bulletin? Not really. I was just inside on a 13-hour transatlantic flight and could barely do enough to keep breathing all throughout Tuesday. Here’s a whole lot of excuses and promises from your New York Knickerbockers. Ramona on Draymond hugging Mike Brown:"From what I understand that didn't land well with a lot of folks there in New York""People not happy with Mike Brown after Warriors game when Draymond tripped KAT" pic.twitter.com/VlidKTAX5d— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) January 20, 2026 Mike Brown On Jalen Brunson’s All-Star recognition:“It’s great. He’s having a great season. It’s definitely an honor that’s well deserved.” On halftime message after defensive collapse:“They scored 75 points in the first half. At halftime, we usually do the clips and talk about technical X’s and O’s and all that crap that coaches do, teams do. There was nothing to be said at halftime except for lock in and do your f–king — excuse me on that — do your job.” On frustration and doing the little things:“It’s frustrating; it’s frustrating to me, it’s frustrating to every person in that locker room. And we all can’t get it back by thinking we’re going to go score and get this many shots. We have to embrace doing the little things and right now we’re not.” On belief in the locker room despite struggles:“There’s no doubt in my mind. I believe in everybody in that locker room. You can ask them — I feel they believe in each other, too. We’re going through it. We’ve got to figure out how to get out of it.” On team communication and collaboration:“I talk to management all the time, Leon and I talk all the time. Even when we were playing well, we were talking. So that hasn’t changed and that’s not going to change. I’m big on collaboration, not just with the players, but with the coaches, too. I will take input. At the end of the day, it’s up to me to make the decision.” On effort-driven improvement in second half:“We didn’t change anything schematically in the second half. There were more clips from the second half that showed us doing our job the right way. We have to try to do it for 48 minutes.” On defensive execution against hot shooters:“The two guys that we labeled hot were 9-for-11 in the first half. Most of those shots were open or we left our feet. No changes to the X’s and O’s. Just do your job. Play with physicality and do your job early. We all have to do our job for 48 minutes, and it didn’t happen tonight.” On being fine with boos at MSG:“I’m OK with the boos. If we’re playing crappy, boo. If I was in the stands, I would boo, too. You pay hard money to come to the games and this is a form of entertainment for the fans. They know good basketball from bad basketball.” On early-season rhythm and post-Cup decline:“We felt like we were in a pretty good spot through the Cup on both sides of the ball. For whatever reason, it’s changed. I’m not sure of the reason, but it changed after the Cup. We have to keep trying to find different ways to put them in the best possible position.” On evaluating everything during downturn:“When you’re in the area that we’re in right now, you gotta look at everything. You gotta keep trying to find ways where you can help the group on both sides of the ball.” ESPN reported Jalen Brunson called a players-only meeting postgame & said they "need to find answers among themselves rather than the coaches"He appears to have said similar midgame: https://t.co/RX8ovnOHCa— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) January 21, 2026 Jalen Brunson On accountability within the team:“There’s been a lot of things to pinpoint. But as a team we know what we have to do. Either we do it — we care enough to do it — or we don’t.” On accepting boos from fans:“I mean, I’d be booing…

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