After either hanging with the Knicks or trailing through the first three quarters, the Nets lost to the Knicks 99-95 despite a fourth quarter that got most of Barclays Center to its feet. D'Angelo Russell had one of his best games as a Net with 23 points,

As the calendar turned toward 2025, the Los Angeles Lakers made a bold roster move, trading D'Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for versatile forward Dorian Finney-Smith and sharpshooter Gabe Vincent.

In the crosstown rivalry game, New York nearly let up a fourth-quarter comeback, scoring just 15 points in the final 12 minutes. However, Brooklyn's 20 fourth-quarter points weren't enough. The Nets had relatively even scoring across the board,