The Knicks and Nets push each other a little and tell each other to relax, a breakdown
What Happened
In a highly anticipated matchup between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, tensions flare up on the court as the two teams compete for local bragging rights. The game is closely contested, with the score close throughout. Late in the game, Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving goes up for a shot and gets fouled. As he catches the ball, Kyrie thinks he may have gone out of bounds and Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis tries to take the ball from him. This sets off a small scuffle, with Nets forward Taurean Prince stepping in to defend Kyrie. "Get off my new best friend Kyrie," Prince says, pushing Portis away. The referees try to intervene and calm the situation, telling the players to "relax." Kyrie Irving then appears to shove one of the officials, drawing the ire of the crowd. Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie steps in, saying "Kyrie, relax, max [expletive], basketball." New York Knicks forward Julius Randle observes the commotion, asking "What happened? No, you're good, you're good, man. You're good." Prince had gotten a bit heated, but Randle assures everyone that it's alright and they're all good. Randle then mentions that he did get fouled on the elbow earlier, saying "Maybe just call that next time." The replay shows clear contact on Randle's elbow as he went up for a shot. Despite the brief flare-up, the players are ultimately able to cool tempers and get back to the game. Taurean Prince is seen on the sideline drinking some milk, joking that he's "totally gonna out-jump you right here, man." The officials are able to maintain control, with neither team receiving any technical fouls or ejections. The incident highlights the intensity and passion of the Knicks-Nets rivalry, as the two New York teams battle for supremacy in the city. Though tensions boiled over for a moment, the players demonstrate professionalism in quickly diffusing the situation and returning their focus to the game at hand.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentbasketball basketball let's do some
basketball nets versus Knicks for the
pride of New York Wow everyone's so
invested Kyrie goes up gets fouled
catches the ball he thinks he's out of
bounds Portis is like you're not out of
bounds give me the damn ball so they
fight for it Prince comes in says get
off my new best friend Kyrie everyone
get off me get off me then Prince is now
being the peacemaker or even though he's
the only reason they're happening and
you can see can relax [ __ ] basketball
relax relax relax there's a Kyrie that
he pushes the ref he's not noticed
taking this ball for me
Dinwiddie says scalia relax max [ __ ]
basketball basketball it's just
basketball relax and Randall's like okay
what happened no you're good you're good
man you're good Prince got a little
heated it's good we're all good and
that's basically all that happened so it
was a lot of fun then Randall's like
wait what who's upset why and they're
all looking at it and he says hey though
rough though I did get fouled on the
elbow though so maybe just call that
next time and he did you can see here
he's going up and then you know BAM
contact right there and then when he
catches the ball he thinks he's out of
bounds he just looking at the ref and
he's like you're not it bounced oh it's
a jump ball and then Prince comes in and
he tries to help out but then he causes
the problem and then he drinks some milk
on the sidelines says that's good
[ __ ] milk nice great and he says hey
oh I'm totally gonna out jump you right
here man about to out jump the hell out
of you in court it's like ok ok ha ha
shut up though and then they do that the
most shocking thing to me is since I'm a
baseball guy you guys all know this is
look at the ref with Bobby Portis Bobby
look at me Bobby and he just puts his
hands all over him like get off me ref
he's like ok ok no problem no problem
and then over here right after that you
got a Kyrie he swats the refs and like
get off me ref and then over in the MLB
if you accidentally touch hats together
that's contact that's contact and you
get automatically suspended for a game
and meanwhile in the NBA you give
manhandle refs and go listen to talking
Knicks or talking Nets if you are
a fan of the Knicks or nets both under
the john-boy Media umbrella both do a
great job