Knicks top Nets as Madison Square Garden mourns Kobe Bryant
(New York Post Nets)

The Garden´s exterior was lit in purple and gold. Inside, the mood was just blue. Playing hours after Kobe Bryant and his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash in California, the Knicks and Nets played before a subdued Garden crowd after a touching tribute before tipoff. Nets star Kyrie Irving, who was close to...