We want more! Knicks-Nets rivalry proves worthy of postseason showdown
Believe the hype!
Those who sneered at the idea that Knicks-Nets would become the city’s latest version of Giants-Dodgers or Islanders-Rangers or Rangers-Devils or Jets-Giants or Mets-Yankees have to be biting their lips after the Clash of the Borough’s reached an all-too-early conclusion with Brooklyn’s thrilling 88-85 Martin Luther King Day matinee triumph over New York at Madison Square Garden.
This is no “Fugazy” rivalry, as evidenced by the reaction of the once full-throated sellout crowd of 19,033 at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” moments after the Nets walked off the Garden floor with a 2-2 split of the first-ever regular-season East River series.