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FIRST

TAKE

In this April 21, 2019, file pho-
to, Golden State Warriors for-
ward Kevin Durant, top, dunks
as Los Angeles Clippers guard
Landry Shamet defends dur-
ing the second half in Game 4
of a first-round NBA basketball
playoff series in Los Angeles.
Associated Press

Analysis: It's

Knicks-Nets

in Big Apple

free agency

battle

By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — It's been
seven years since the Nets
crossed the Hudson River
and took up residence in
the Knicks' city.
A real rivalry might finally
arrive Sunday.
Rarely relevant at the
same time on the basket-
ball court, the Knicks and
Nets are front and center
in the free agency race,
two of the teams best po-
sitioned to make a splash
when the market opens.
Both can afford two top
players, with hopes of land-
ing not only a Kevin Durant
or Kyrie Irving, but possibly
both. New York, home of
the worst team in the NBA Lashley fires career-best 63 as
in two of the last seasons,
could be the epicenter of
the league in early July. first alternate to lead Rocket Mortgage
After years of bad play,
bad trades and often bad
basketball, at least one Nate Lashley acknowledges the crowd after his birdie putt on the 18th green during the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic
team in the city could look golf tournament, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Detroit.
really good in a few days. Associated Press
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