Jay-Z on Nets win: 'The city is under new management'
theGRIO REPORT - The Nets pulled out an exciting, defensive-minded 96-89 victory in overtime. The win propelled the Nets to first place in the NBA's Atlantic Division and certainly made minority owner Jay-Z a happy man...
Earlier this month, Hurricane Sandy delayed the much-anticipated Big Apple showdown between the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks.
Monday night, the two teams finally squared off.
The Nets pulled out an exciting, defensive-minded 96-89 victory in overtime. The win propelled the Nets to first place in the NBA’s Atlantic Division and certainly made minority owner Jay-Z a happy man.
The hip-hop mogul, who is in the running for TIME‘s ‘Person of the Year’ crown for 2012, tweeted a not-so-subtle jab to Knicks fans following the game:
The city is under new management.
— Mr. Carter (@sc) November 27, 2012
Nets star point guard Deron Williams wasn’t as confident, according to the New York Daily News. Williams told reporters after the game:
“We didn’t win the championship of New York. We won a game and we’ll play them three more times, maybe again in the playoffs.”
This isn’t the first time Jay-Z has used Twitter to show love for his team. In September, Hov posed breakdancer style on the Nets logo:
"Usually I don't do this but, uh go on and break em off with the preview of the remix". pic.twitter.com/2QgI740M
— Mr. Carter (@sc) September 26, 2012
New management indeed.
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