The Brooklyn Nets (14-31) were playing the second night of a back-to-back following a tough, physical game against the New York Knicks on Tuesday so they were bound to be hit with some players not being able to go.

New York holds firm possession of the conference’s No. 3 seed with a 27-15 record, with their 125-119 overtime victory against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night giving the group a renewed sense of focus after dropping five of their previous seven contests.

BROOKLYN – Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is ruled out of Wednesday’s game against Brooklyn at Barclays Center with a left ankle sprain after playing Monday at Cleveland following a two-game absence with the injury. “There’s soreness,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said before Wednesday’s game. “He's unable to go."

The Nets lost to the Suns 108-84 despite playing solid basketball for the second and third quarters of a game that Phoenix led by as many as 28 points. Keon Johnson had one of his best outings this season as he put up 20 points and seven rebounds against his former team while Jalen Wilson dropped 15 points,

BROOKLYN – The Cleveland Cavaliers brought the Phoenix Suns back down to earth Monday afternoon. The NBA’s best team ran away from the Suns, 118-92, after leading by as many as 32 points on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

The latest wave on the NBA's transactional front stings the New York Knicks. Per Shams Charania of ESPN, the Charlotte Hornets are trading center Nick Richards

Russell has struggled to stay on the floor since joining the Nets in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. He's missed six of the team's 13 matchups while battling shin and hamstring ailments. The veteran point guard has shouldered a much heavier on-ball burden than with the Lakers during the first half of this season.

The Charlotte Hornets traded center Nick Richards and a 2025 second-round pick to the Phoenix ... Suns, had been linked to the Knicks as a reported trade target, particularly given New York ...

TL;DR: Live stream Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV. The Atlanta Hawks head to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Hawks are 21-19, which puts them in seventh place. The Knicks are 27-15, which puts them in third place.

The Knicks are on a two game winning streak after a successful victory against the Hawks and a triumph in Mikal Bridges' return to Brooklyn.

It's the halfway point of the season! Here's what beat writer James L. Edwards III has observed from the Knicks so far.