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New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets

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51-31, 24-17 Away
Final
113 - 105

26-56, 12-29 Home

Landry Shamet scores 29 after replacing Bridges after 6 seconds, leads Knicks past Nets 113-105

Mikal Bridges plays six seconds to extend games streak to 556

Bridges started the game to extend his consecutive games streak to 556, having never missed a game in his NBA or college career. After the Knicks lost the jump ball, he committed a foul and left the game.

Bridges was the only starter who played for the Knicks, who rested Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart and OG Anunoby before the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference opens the playoffs against No. 6 Detroit next weekend.

Cam Payne added 21 points and Precious Achiuwa had 18 for the Knicks, who beat the Nets for the 10th straight time and finished the season 51-31.

Tyrese Martin and Trendon Watford each scored 20 points for the Nets, who finished 26-56.

Takeaways Knicks: Coach Tom Thibodeau opted to rest his regulars and avoid potential injury, rather than give them a chance to find some rhythm after the Knicks had acknowledged not playing well and needing to fix things after dropping their previous three games this week.

Nets: Brooklyn had already shut down most of its top players for the season long before Sunday.

Key moment Bridges played 2 seconds longer in the regular-season finale at Barclays Center than he did two years ago, when he was playing for the Nets. He committed a foul and checked out after 4 seconds of that game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Key stat The all-time series was tied through last season. The Knicks' sweep in 2024-25 puts them up 111-107.

Up next The Knicks will wait to learn whether Game 1 against the Pistons will be Saturday or Sunday. The Nets await their results in next month's draft lottery.

Regular Season Series

NY wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 113 - 105
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 113 - 105
4th 16.1 Kevin McCullar Jr. defensive rebound 113 - 105
4th 20.1 Cameron Payne blocks Keon Johnson 's 24-foot three point pullup jump shot 113 - 105
4th 24.0 Landry Shamet makes layup (Precious Achiuwa assists) 113 - 105

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/ny.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNY https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bkn.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBKN
37-86 FG 38-74
43.0 Field Goal % 51.4
16-42 3PT 12-35
38.1 Three Point % 34.3
23-26 FT 17-25
88.5 Free Throw % 68.0
40 Rebounds 42
10 Offensive Rebounds 6
30 Defensive Rebounds 36
27 Assists 21
10 Steals 4
3 Blocks 2
11 Turnovers 18
1 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 19
1 Technical Fouls 2
1 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 31
16 Fast Break Points 16
36 Points in Paint 48
25 Fouls 24
9 Largest Lead 10
Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn Nets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Haywood Highsmith, F Out Oct 19
New York Knicks New York Knicks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Karl-Anthony Towns, C Day-To-Day Oct 22
OG Anunoby, F Day-To-Day Oct 21
Mitchell Robinson, C Out Oct 21
Josh Hart, G Out Oct 21

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,926 · Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 0 0 .000 - -
Brooklyn 0 0 .000 - -
New York 0 0 .000 - -
Philadelphia 0 0 .000 - -
Toronto 0 0 .000 - -
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