In another era, in the coming season, we might want to wax poetic about how this game unfolded. Times have changed, and next season the Nets will be looking to rack up wins instead of losses, competing for playoff seeding rather than a few extra ping pong balls in this spring's draft lottery.
In that different era, and in the coming season, we watched Tuesday night's Knicks refuse to lose, squandered an entire 13-point lead in the third quarter, and actually lost the Nets with less than three minutes left. You may be surprised to find out that we have fallen behind. In the game.
And the strange noises that often wafted through Barclays Center on Tuesday, the mixed frustration of some Knicks fans who couldn't believe the Knicks were in danger of losing this game in the crowd of 17,926. We may gain something other than the sound we embody. Offensive ambivalence arose among Nets fans who couldn't really believe the Knicks were in danger of losing this game.
But that's a story for another time.
