The defending champion Knicks, 2-4, hosted the 1-5 Brooklyn Nets on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at Madison Square Garden. Brooklyn earned its first win of the season a night earlier in Indiana but has not beaten New York since January 2023.
The Nets and Knicks were scheduled to meet on Monday, November 2, 2026, at 7:30 PM EST at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Brooklyn Nets are 1-5 and the New York Knicks are 2-4 entering the game. The Knicks won the NBA championship over the summer of 2026 and have a 2-4 start to their title defense season. Jose Alvarado was upgraded to questionable for the game.
The Nets earned their first win of the season on Sunday in Indiana and were to face the Knicks on Monday at the Garden.
Brooklyn has not won a game against the Knicks since January 2023. The Knicks beat the Nets 120-66 on Jan. 21, a 54-point win that snapped a four-game losing streak and launched eight straight wins. That result was the biggest loss in the history of the Nets-Knicks rivalry and the second biggest in Nets history.
Julius Randle, now with the Nets, spent five seasons with the Knicks before joining Brooklyn.
