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Paul Pierce wasn't saying anything new when he called the Nets "soft" after their Game 2 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

Brooklyn's Game 1 win at Air Canada Centre on Saturday guaranteed a return to Barclays Center this weekend with home-court advantage in its first-round playoff series with the Raptors.

When the Knicks fired head coach Mike Woodson and his entire staff on Monday, he learned the hard way that New York is the nation's most volatile market when it comes to replacing coaches.

Steve Kerr talks with UCconn coach Kevin Ollie before the Huskies Final Four game.

We also talk with Sporting News NBA writer Sean Deveney @SeanDeveney ), who chats with us about Patriots Day in Boston, the Knicks firing Mike Woodson , how much trouble the Pacers are in, the "parity" in the NBA's first round, which first-round road win was most impressive, Chris Paul 's legacy, whether he's changed his mind about any first-round ... (more)

New team president Phil Jackson wasted little time making a widely anticipated coaching change, dropping the ax on Woodson just days after the Knicks' disastrous season mercifully ended on Wednesday without a playoff berth for the first time since 2010.

After more than three seasons in a New York Knicks uniform, Carmelo Anthony is in a very similar position to the one he was in during his final days as a Denver Nugget.

Prior to Brooklyn's 94-87 victory started Saturday, Raptors GM Masai Ujiri addressed a raucous crowd of thousands outside of the Air Canada Centre and, as he was walking off a podium in the pep rally atmosphere, shouted, "F--- Brooklyn."

For two days now - or actually for two sessions with inquiring-mind media types - the Raptors have addressed all sorts of questions about their youth and athleticism against the experience of the Methuselah-like Nets in the first-round playoff series.

No, there were too many variables outside of the Nets' control that affected the top eight slots in the Eastern Conference for Brooklyn to have any such master plan.

Phil Jackson's first real imprint on the Knicks organization will come when he names a new head coach or stuns the basketball world by retaining Mike Woodson.

Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd during a timeout against the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 31, 2014 at the Barclays Center.

The New York Knicks finished their disappointing season with a 95-92 victory Wednesday night over the Toronto Raptors , who blew a 21-point lead but earned the No.

As Eastern Conference teams around them jockeyed for playoff positioning, the Toronto Raptors went to Madison Square Garden looking to win their 49th game of the season against the New York Knicks .

Before what could be his final game as the New York Knicks ' coach, Mike Woodson maintained that he is the "only guy" for the job.

Brooklyn had a chance to clinch the No. 5 seed on Tuesday at home against New York, but missed badly.

Appropriately, the NBA followed sad suit on America's least favorite day by featuring only two games, neither of which really mattered in the grand scheme of things - until they somehow did.

At long last our 82-game NBA purgatory comes to a close Wednesday night. The remaining loose ends, most of which pertain to playoff seeding and ping-pong balls, will be decided, and hopefully the 2013-14 season will spring anew the next two-plus months.

The star point guard was one of few in the Brooklyn organization who went on the record on Tuesday to discuss the down season recorded by their rivals from across the East River.

Everything the Nets did last summer - from hiring Jason Kidd to trading for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to signing Andrei Kirilenko, among other moves - was done with one idea in mind: to give Deron Williams every opportunity to become an elite player once again.