Brooklyn Nets lock down defense leads to beautiful fast break ending in an MPJ 3 Nets have a 1028 defensive rating this month a 257-point improvement over their 1285 rating during their 0-7 start The Nets have overtaken the Thunder for the NBA's best defensive rating in December

Thinking Basketball Wemby is holding teams to 17 POINTS BELOW their regular season efficiency which is better than the 04 Pistons the greatest defense of the last 50 years

Thinking Basketball With Wemby on the court the Spurs are holding teams to 17 points below their regular-season efficiency which is better than the '04 Pistons the statistically greatest defense of the last 50 years

The Knicks with 5 offensive rebounds in a single possession but they fail to scoreTyrese Maxey with the fastbreak layup at the other end

Karl-Anthony Towns with a laser pass to Mikal Bridges for the easy bucket under the rim as James Harden is slow to reactDonovan Mitchell attempts something similar the Cavaliers turn the ball over and OG Anunoby with a beautiful bounce pass to Bridges for the fastbreak layup

James Harden with the beautiful move and layup finish over OG Anunoby then he guards Jalen Brunson off the switch and blocks him with a replay

Jalen Brunson drives on Donovan Mitchell and scores the tough layup over him putting the Knicks up 12 points - their largest lead of the night thus far with a replay