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Kristian Winfield: The Nets have waived James Johnson. Source: Twitter @Krisplashed What's the buzz on Twitter? Brian Lewis @ NYPost_Lewis Waiving James Johnson paves the way for the #Nets to convert rookie forward Kessler Edwards from a two-way to ...

The Knicks blew a 21-point lead in Wednesday’s second half versus Brooklyn, allowing the Nets to move closer to a home game in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament for the playoffs.

Kyrie Irving (42 points) and the Nets won Tuesday’s game, but there was a lot to like for the visiting Rockets, individually, starting with Kevin Porter Jr. (36) and Jalen Green (30).

NEW YORK — All he needed was a little bit of rest.

Rockets rookie Jalen Green has now joined Allen Iverson (1997) as the only rookies in modern NBA history to score 30 or more points in five straight games.

Between Houston’s loss and Orlando’s upset win over Cleveland, the Rockets are now solely in the pole position of the 2022 NBA draft race. The Pistons and Thunder are no longer factors.

Stephen Silas expects his young Rockets to learn after playing the Nets: “Playing against two of the best players who have ever laced them up, it's important for our group to feel that.”

Brooklyn is the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference and is preparing for the play-in tournament.

With another week left of a regular season that’s had no shortage of surprises, it would seem pointless to rule anything out or take anything for granted. If we’d done that earlier this season—and let’s be honest, some of you all did do that—we might have missed the Celtics taking…