Tuesday marked D'Angelo Russell's first game back in New York's interborough rivalry after the Brooklyn Nets acquired him in a trade last month. During his first stint in the Big Apple, the Nets were the trendy up-and-comers while the flailing New York Knicks toiled in mediocrity.

On Saturday evening, the New York Knicks will host the Sacramento Kings at Madison Square Garden. For the game, the Knicks could be without one of their best pl

The New York Knicks narrowly avoided an upset loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, defeating their crosstown rival 99-95. The Knicks led by as many as 10

Russell has struggled to stay on the floor since joining the Nets in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. He's missed six of the team's last 13 matchups while battling shin and hamstring ailments. The veteran point guard has shouldered a much heavier on-ball burden than with the Lakers during the first half of this season.

D'Angelo Russell made his fourth start for the Brooklyn Nets after being traded from the LA Lakers in December, as they faced off against their crosstown rivals, the New York Knicks, on Tuesday night.

Part of the reason that Brooklyn found it tough to hang in there is due to their defense struggling to contain Tyler Herro, who piled up 25 points and eight assists in the contest. With that being said, here are the Nets player grades following Saturday's loss to the Heat:

Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23, including Boston’s first 11 of the third quarter, and the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-107 on Saturday night in the first meeting between the teams since the NBA Finals.

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Devin Booker scored a game-high 32 points and Kevin Durant registered 24 points in his second game at Brooklyn against his former team to lead Phoenix (22-21) back above .500.

Cam Johnson knows what time of year it is. With this a rebuilding year for the Nets, Johnson knew his name would come up in trade rumors.

The Los Angeles Lakers made a big move in December, dealing away point guard D’Angelo Russell and Maxwell Lewis along with three second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton.