It was a tough ending for Brooklyn, but there were positives from the loss.The Nets were down by as many as 21 points late in the third quarter before igniting a fourth-quarter comeback. They nearly had the game when Dennis Schroder hit a go-ahead three-pointer,

Unfortunately, the Nets fell to the Knicks 124-122 despite Brooklyn rallying back from a 21-point deficit where it looked like the Nets were dead in the water, so to speak. Cam Thomas erupted for 43 points and three assists while going toe-to-toe with Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson and Cam Johnson had 17 points.

Jalen Brunson made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left after the Knicks had blown a 21-point lead, and New York edged the Brooklyn Nets 124-122 to improve to 2-0 in the NBA Cup.