The Nets and Knicks don’t seem to be taking extra incentive in their cross-river rivalry. Their dire standings situations will be motivation enough Sunday.
It’s easy to see how one team — or both — could be flat for the nationally televised game at Barclays Center (1 p.m., ABC). The Knicks will be on the last leg of a grueling seven-game road trip. The Nets will be coming off an emotional win in Philadelphia, having faced ex-teammate James Harden and the fans’ hate of new Net Ben Simmons.
But the two teams’ desperate positions in the play-in race (the Nets entered Saturday eighth in the East, the Knicks 12th with 15 games left, including Sunday) mean neither can afford a hangover.
“The urgency is there’s 15 games,” Nets guard Patty Mills said. “We’ve just played three games with almost all of our pieces. There’s enough reasons for us to have the urgency to be able to string these games together.
“Like I said, the Holy…