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| Carmelo drives against Gerald Wallace of the Brooklyn Nets on a game of December 11, 2012 |
If every edition of the battle of the boroughs goes down like this, the burgeoning Nets-Knicks rivalry will be very healthy indeed. They created another instant classic Tuesday night at Barclays Center, battling through a taut fourth quarter until Kidd at 39, the N.B.A.’s third oldest player, hit the decisive shot assisted by Raymond Felton, a 3-pointer with 24.1 seconds left that sent half the arena into delirium and the other half into despair. Kidd missed his free throw after Stackhouse’s foul, but the Knicks had done enough, holding on for a thrilling 100-97 New York Knicks victory over Brooklyn Nets while reasserting their municipal primacy.
“That’s why we got him,” said Carmelo Anthony, who dominated the night with 45 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds. “We know how much of a big-time player he is, especially coming down the stretch, how smart of a player he is. But for them to leave a guy like that open — he came up big-time for us tonight.”
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