Tale of two road trips for Islanders, Nets
Isles Cruise and Nets Lose as Teams Continue Epic Odysseys
The circus is in town, which means the New York Islanders and Brooklyn Nets aren’t.
While the big tops, elephants and acrobats of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus inhabit Downtown’s Barclays Center for the next few weeks, both of our borough’s major pro sports franchises are in the midst of their longest sojourns of the season.
The Islanders, in a tough battle for the coveted third spot in the Metropolitan Division race, are off and running on their season-high seven-game trip, having won two in a row away from home thus far, including Tuesday night’s 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild.