NBA schedule: Knicks paste Nets in Brooklyn, Bulls blow out Heat

Thursday night featured a great “on-paper” schedule that didn’t go as planned. All three games were decided by at least 20 points, highlighted by the Brooklyn Nets losing by 30 to the New York Knicks. Here’s a roundup on the three-game blowout fest that was Thursday night in the NBA:

When he wasn’t busy throwing Garnett to the floor, he was throwing dunks down after blowing by him:

Williams has missed eight straight games and 10 overall with his ankle injury. The point guard initially suffered the injury on Nov. 15 and missed two games. After a return five days later, he re-aggravated the injury and hasn’t seen the court since.

• Derrick Rose-less Bulls blow out Heat

The Bulls had a huge 49-27 advantage in rebounds and scored 25 second-chance points to Miami’s four. Noah alone outrebounded the entire Heat team 10-9 through the first half. He finished with a game-high 15 rebounds and 17 points, grabbing so many boards his hands trembled with excitement. (Not really but here’s a GIF):

Miami has now lost back-to-back games for the second time this season, falling 107-97 in Detroit on Tuesday.

The Grizzlies went into halftime with a two-point lead but scored just 11 points in the third quarter, allowing the Clippers to take control of the game. Memphis went 3-for-17 from the field and missed all six of its three-point attempts during the third.

The Clippers piled on the margin through the fourth quarter. Their largest lead of the night was 24 points.

New York led the entire game and by as many as 34 points in the fourth quarter.

Brooklyn shot just 39.7 percent from the field and made only four of their 16 three-point attempts. The Knicks took advantage of the Nets’ woeful defense (which allowed a league-worst 110.9 points per 100 possessions going into the game according to Basketball-Reference). The Knocks shot a blistering 59.3 percent from three-point range and 57.1 percent overall on the night.

You might have noticed that Kevin Garnett is now the face of Beats by Dre headphones -- you know, the face of Beats by Dre headphones besides Dr. Dre:

HEAR WHAT YOU WANT. But why would Kevin Garnett need to shield his ears from bad things?

This celebration is easily the best part of this game.

ANDREA BARGNANI DUNKFACE

After all, they never said it’d be easy following up a Blazers-Thunder game in early December. OK, maybe they did.

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