The Brooklyn Nets are headed to the playoffs while the New York Knicks have been eliminated, but that didn’t stop the Knicks from dispatching their crosstown rivals once again, taking the season series 3-1 on Tuesday with a 109-98 victory despite playing without Carmelo Anthony and mostly without Tyson Chandler. In the three wins, New York has outscored Brooklyn by an average of 23.3 points.
Iman Shumpert had some particularly fine moments in the contest, including this off-the-backboard alleyoop and a deadly crossover that put Paul Pierce to the ground:
J.R. Smith was thrilled about the move during the game, and expressed his feelings once again after the contest:
Did y’all see @I_Am_Iman move today? #OhMyGod
— JR Smith (@TheRealJRSmith) April 16, 2014
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