Islanders 2 Rangers 0: There is a big problem at MSG and this one has nothing to do with Isiah Thomas. The Rangers dropped their sixth-straight game Tuesday night with Rick DiPietro stopping all 28 shots he faced. Defensively, it was another bad night for the club as the Islanders launched 38 shots and controlled play at both ends of the ice. Darius Kasparitis had only 10 minutes of ice time and looked lost. On......

Beating the Mavericks at home is one thing. So is beating the Pistons at home. But to beat Detroit on the road, like the Nets did Sunday 79-74, proves something more. It proves not only that they can prove dangerous in the upcoming playoffs, but that they're peaking at the right time. New Jersey has won eight straight and has split the season series with Detriot 2-2. Sunday's win came with stingy defense and a......

Sometimes the Knicks and the NBA makes Gothamist scratch its head. That's what happened during the Knicks' 105-103 victory Detroit at the Garden Friday. A team that could be bound for its third straight NBA Finals lost to a team that would be bound for the lottery had it not traded its pick away unprotected to the Chicago Bulls. With a loss to the lowly Bobcats in the rear-view mirror, the Knicks knocked off......

Do you think Larry Brown might be reconsidering his decision to leave Detroit for New York? Since Detroit is a league-best 32-5, it is probably safe to assume that they have no regrets about Larry’s departure. Thursday they showed their old coach that he has a lot of work to do if he wants to ever see the NBA Finals again. The Pistons destroyed the Knicks 105-79, but it wasn’t even that close. Time after......

Unlike the Nets, this figures to be a relatively slow offseason for the Knicks. New GM Isiah Thomas already spent much of the season turning over the roster and trading away anyone associated with deposed GM Scott Layden. Only Allan Houston, Shandon Anderson, Frank Williams, Kurt Thomas, Mike Sweetney and Othella Harrington remain from opening day. A look at their salary situation shows the Knicks paid an incredible 19 players salary last year for a......

After two games in Detroit, the situation for the Nets looked grim. They had been blown out by 37 points in 2 games and nearly set a mark for futility in game 1. Some people thought the series was over, but with a victory Sunday and a 94-79 victory last night (box score), the series is even at two games a piece. The game marked the return of Jason Kidd, who had a triple double......

The Nets finally defeated the Pistons last night, 82-64 (box score), but still trail Detroit 2-1 in the best of seven series. New Jersey led the game start to finish, scoring the first seven points of the game, and went on to hold Detroit to their lowest score of the season and a franchise playoff low. Richard Jefferson had a career postseason high, shooting 11 for 19 and scoring 30 points. It was a foul......

Okay, maybe Gothamist was a bit optimistic about the Nets/Pistons series yesterday when we said, "Gothamist thinks it could be an excellent series," or "this series is as good as the Eastern Conference gets," but we did say "could" and that "we don't typically get too excited for NBA action since it's not that fantastic anymore." So we're off the hook, right? We'll pin everything on the Nets, who played an ugly, ugly game,......

In the second round of the NBA Playoffs tonight, the Nets take on the Detroit Pistons (game time is 8 p.m. on TNT). The two teams were even during the regular season, going 2-2 in head-to-head games. New Jersey comes into the series winning 14 straight Eastern Conference playoff games, including a sweep of the Knicks this season and the Pistons last year in the conference finals. With improvements on both the Nets and Pistons,......