During his time suiting up for the Nets, Durant wore only jersey No. 7 and put up 29.0 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.8 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game.

The Knicks are in town for the first time this year, and it’s not that anybody is expecting a win, but there ought to be a level of pride the guys from Brooklyn. It’s a nationally televised game and the opposing teams’ fans are going to take over.

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The Knicks are 11-point favorites Tuesday, although the Nets do have a rest advantage having played Sunday before a break on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tom Thibodeau’s group is just 2-3 in the second half of back-to-backs, with both wins coming against the 6-35 Wizards and one of those games requiring overtime.

The Nets are coming off a 99-95 loss to the New York Knicks on Tuesday in which Brooklyn came back from a 13-point deficit to make the game close enough in the end to keep everybody in Barclays Center on their toes.