Tonight's game is big. Brooklyn is poised to make a statement as NY's Team. Not just for the present, but for a whole new generation of fans who were born in the 2010s. Brooklyn has - for the first time since the early 2000s Kidd-nets - true STAR POWER. The Devin Harris / Deron Williams Doldrums are over. The stench of the Paul Pierce and KG trades are over. New team, new claim to the throne.
A lot of young impressionable schoolkids are gonna be turning in their Knicks caps for Nets caps if the Brooklyn team prevails.
By the way, what a big mistake it was keeping the Nets name. So lame. Should've changed it when they came to BK. Nobody likes that name. That's like calling your team the Boston Balls or Houston Hoops.