Despite the big night from Irving and Harden’s latest triple-double, the Nets struggled to put away the Knicks until the final minutes. Brooklyn took a 96-84 lead into the fourth but the Knicks hung around throughout the final 12 minutes.
The Knicks got the lead down to 112-108 on a 3-pointer by Julius Randle with 1:47 left. New York then got the lead down to 115-112 with 10.6 seconds remaining on a dunk by Randle after he won a jump ball from Harden and got a chance to tie it when he won a challenge on a foul call against RJ Barrett with 7.7 seconds left.
After the lengthy review ruled Burks stole the ball from Joe Harris, Randle won a tip from Jeff Green and New York called a timeout with 5.7 seconds left. However, Randle was called for traveling on a pump fake at the 3-point line with 3.2 seconds left and Harden finished it off at the line with six-tenths of a second remaining.
After Harden finished it off, Randle had to be restrained by New York executive William Wesley and tossed a chair in disgust as he headed to the locker room. Randle totaled 33 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the Knicks, who nearly overcame an 18-point deficit. Barrett added 23 while rookie Immanuel Quickley contributed 21 as the Knicks shot 40.2 percent.The Nets won their fifth straight and improved to 13-1 in their past 14 games. Brooklyn also improved to 20-7 with
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