Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks Prediction, 11/9/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks

Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

The New York Knicks (5-3) welcome the Brooklyn Nets (1-7) at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The Nets faced off with the Pacers and earned the victory with a final of 112-103 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Nets walked away with 17 and the Pacers accumulated 23 personal fouls. They also converted 13 of 36 attempts from three-point range. Indiana finished 61.5% at the charity stripe by converting 8 of 13 shots. In addition, Indiana snagged 56 rebounds (16 offensive, 40 defensive) and got 5 blocks. Indiana doled out 29 assists and had 6 steals in the matchup. Pertaining to defense, Brooklyn allowed their opponent to shoot 41.4% from the floor on 41 out of 99 shooting. They also doled out 26 assists in this game in addition to forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and earning 9 steals. With respect to grabbing rebounds, they earned 45 with 10 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Nets made 26 of 35 tries for a rate of 74.3%. Brooklyn walked away from the game having earned a 41.9% field goal percentage (36 of 86) and buried 14 out of their 40 3-pointers.

Michael Porter Jr. is a player who came through in the game. Porter finished shooting 50.0% from the field and also earned 3 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 35 minutes played and also grabbed 11 boards. He racked up 32 points on 10 of 20 shooting.

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Brooklyn will take the court with a mark of 1-7 so far this season. They are averaging 111.9 points per game (26th in the league) while connecting on 44.2% from the floor. The Nets are connecting on 32.7% on three-point shots (108 of 330) and 76.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Brooklyn is snagging 40.4 boards per contest and is sitting with 194 assists this season, which has them ranked 24th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 15.5 times per game and as a team are committing 22.9 personal fouls per game.

On defense, the Nets have forced 14.6 turnovers every game and they draw 23.5 personal fouls. They currently rank 29th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 247 surrendered so far this year. The Nets defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 51.2% (359 of 701) and they concede 45.9 rebounds per game as a unit. They are giving up 42.0% on 3-point attempts while they are 29th in the NBA in PPG allowed (124.5).

The last time they took the court, the Knicks took home the win by a final score of 137-114 when they faced the Timberwolves. Concerning how they rebounded, New York permitted Minnesota to grab 31 in total (9 on the offensive side). They went 47.5% from 3-point land by going 19 out of 40 and finished the contest at 15 out of 17 at the free throw line (88.2%). The Knicks allowed the Timberwolves to make 40 out of their 83 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 48.2% in this contest. Overall, the Knicks went 55 for 102 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 53.9%. When it comes to 3-point shots, New York buried 19 out of their 42 attempts (45.2%). They were able to knock down 8 of the free throws for a percentage of 88.9%. The Timberwolves were called for 14 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Knicks to the free throw line for a total of 9 attempts. They gave up possession 14 times, while earning 7 steals for this game. The Knicks collected 29 defensive boards and 21 offensive rebounds totaling 50 for the contest.

OG Anunoby pitched in for the Knicks for this contest. Anunoby earned 25 points in his 32 mins on the court and tallied 1 assist for the matchup. He buried 10 of 17 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 58.8%, and had 8 rebounds.

New York has a win-loss mark of 5-3 this year. The Knicks are committing 19.9 fouls every game and they hit 84.9% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 26.8 times per game (12th in the NBA) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.0 times per contest. New York has totaled 951 points on the season (118.9 per contest) and they snag 47.9 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Knicks are shooting 44.9% from the floor, which is ranked 22nd in the league.

The New York defense gives up 40.6% from downtown (127 of 313) and their opponents are making 78.8% of their foul shots. They have relinquished 26.4 dimes and 39.9 rebounds per game, which ranks them 16th and 5th in the NBA. The Knicks on the defensive end are ranked 7th in the league in points given up per game with 113.6. They have forced 15.0 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 48.3% from the floor (22nd in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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