Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks Final — November 2, 2026
Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
About these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 2, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Nets (1-5) visited the Knicks (2-4) on Monday, November 2 at 7:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Nets scored 105.9 points per game (30th of 30) and allowed 115.9 (17th). The Knicks scored 116.2 points per game (11th of 30) and allowed 109.9 (4th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Nets 108.1 (30th), Knicks 118.7 (3rd). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Nets 118.3 (25th), Knicks 112.3 (7th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Nets −10.2 (29th), Knicks +6.5 (5th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Nets are 1-5 and 3-3 against the spread; their last game was a 98-90 win over the Pacers. The Knicks are 2-4 and 1-5 against the spread; their last game was a 98-93 loss to the 76ers.
The Knicks closed as 14.5-point favorites at home against the Nets. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed at 218.5, down from 221.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Nets +645, Knicks -985) prices the Nets at 13% and the Knicks at 87%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Brooklyn Nets 90, New York Knicks 103
New York Knicks won by 13.
- Against the closing spread (New York Knicks -14.5): Brooklyn Nets covered.
- Combined score 193 vs the closing total of 218.5: Under.
- New York Knicks closed at -985 on the moneyline (a 87% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Nets +14.5 (-110)
Nets +14.5 (-110)
Knicks -930 86%
Knicks -985 87%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game24.219th
- Rebounds per game7.141st
- Assists per game3.0114th
- Minutes per game32.5
- Points per game21.130th
- Rebounds per game6.753rd
- Assists per game5.045th
- Minutes per game33.0
- Points per game26.014th
- Rebounds per game3.3220th
- Assists per game6.814th
- Minutes per game35.0
- Points per game20.145th
- Rebounds per game11.92nd
- Assists per game3.0116th
- Minutes per game31.0
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 392 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Nets won 2 and the Knicks 14.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Knicks 93, Nets 92 Knicks won | ||
| Jan 21, 2026 | Nets 66, Knicks 120 Knicks won | ||
| Nov 24, 2025 | Knicks 113, Nets 100 Knicks won | ||
| Nov 9, 2025 | Nets 98, Knicks 134 Knicks won | ||
| Apr 13, 2025 | Knicks 113, Nets 105 Knicks won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Brooklyn Nets
- Brooklyn Nets team stats
- Brooklyn Nets 145, New Orleans Pelicans 111 (Nov 11)
- Brooklyn Nets 93, Dallas Mavericks 130 (Nov 8)
- Brooklyn Nets 121, Atlanta Hawks 124 (Nov 7)
New York Knicks
- New York Knicks team stats
- Cleveland Cavaliers 115, New York Knicks 107 (Nov 11)
- Milwaukee Bucks 85, New York Knicks 117 (Nov 10)
- New York Knicks 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 97 (Nov 7)
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More NBA games on November 2, 2026
- Oklahoma City Thunder 117, Cleveland Cavaliers 112 (Nov 2)
- Detroit Pistons 124, Charlotte Hornets 91 (Nov 2)
- Atlanta Hawks 108, Indiana Pacers 104 (Nov 2)
- Washington Wizards 103, Orlando Magic 94 (Nov 2)
- Chicago Bulls 107, Philadelphia 76ers 126 (Nov 2)
- Sacramento Kings 115, Dallas Mavericks 100 (Nov 2)
- New Orleans Pelicans 135, Memphis Grizzlies 134 (Nov 2)
- Milwaukee Bucks 100, Minnesota Timberwolves 112 (Nov 2)
- Boston Celtics 93, Houston Rockets 109 (Nov 2)
- Utah Jazz 97, San Antonio Spurs 119 (Nov 2)
- Portland Trail Blazers 118, Denver Nuggets 110 (Nov 2)
- Phoenix Suns 113, Golden State Warriors 116 (Nov 2)
- Toronto Raptors 125, Los Angeles Clippers 118 (Nov 2)
- Miami Heat 117, Los Angeles Lakers 138 (Nov 2)
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