New York Sports Weekend: Knicks at Cavaliers, Nets at Hawks, Islanders Host the Devils, Jets at Arrowhead
Friday is the quiet day — no New York team plays. Saturday is not: the Knicks visit Cleveland at 8 p.m., the Nets are in Atlanta at 7:30, the Islanders host the Devils at UBS Arena at 7, and the Rangers are in Seattle at 5. Sunday, the Jets visit the Chiefs at Arrowhead at 1 p.m. Eastern.
New York's teams take Friday off and stack the weekend. The NHL's Friday board has only three games — Columbus at Buffalo, San Jose at Minnesota and Anaheim at Calgary — and none of them involves a local team, and the NBA's two New York teams are both on the road on Saturday. For fans, Friday is a night to watch other people's standings.
Saturday is the loaded day. The Islanders host the New Jersey Devils at UBS Arena in Elmont at 7 p.m. Eastern, one night after Thursday's 5-3 loss to Carolina on the same ice. The Rangers are across the country in Seattle, facing the Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena at 5 p.m. Eastern. In the NBA, the Nets visit the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, and the Knicks visit the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena at 8 p.m. Eastern — both New York basketball teams coming off Wednesday wins, the Knicks' 135-105 rout of Chicago and the Nets' 114-104 win over Charlotte.
Sunday belongs to football. The Jets visit the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, kicking off at 12 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Eastern — the Jets' first game since the 38-33 home loss to Las Vegas on Nov. 1, and the start of a stretch that brings Buffalo to MetLife Stadium on Nov. 15. The Islanders then leave on a western trip — at San Jose on Monday, at Los Angeles on Thursday and at Anaheim next Saturday — so Saturday's Devils game is the last home hockey in Elmont for more than a week.
