<P> At Madison Square Garden , New Yorkers can watch the New York Knicks play NBA basketball , while the New York Liberty play in the WNBA . The Barclays Center in Brooklyn is home to the Brooklyn Nets NBA basketball team . The Nets began playing in Brooklyn in 2012 , the first major professional sports team to play in the historic borough in half a century . Before the merger of the defunct American Basketball Association with the NBA during the 1976 -- 1977 season , the New York Nets , who shared the same home stadium ( Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ) on Long Island with the NHL 's New York Islanders , were a two - time champion in the ABA and starred the famous Hall of Fame forward Julius Erving . During the first season of the merger ( 1976 -- 77 ) , the Nets continued to play on Long Island , although Erving 's contract had by then been sold to the Philadelphia 76ers . The Nets transferred to New Jersey then next season and became known as the New Jersey Nets , and later moved to Brooklyn prior to the 2012 -- 2013 NBA season . </P>
<P> At Madison Square Garden , New Yorkers can watch the New York Knicks play NBA basketball , while the New York Liberty play in the WNBA . The Barclays Center in Brooklyn is home to the Brooklyn Nets NBA basketball team . The Nets began playing in Brooklyn in 2012 , the first major professional sports team to play in the historic borough in half a century . Before the merger of the defunct American Basketball Association with the NBA during the 1976 -- 1977 season , the New York Nets , who shared the same home stadium ( Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ) on Long Island with the NHL 's New York Islanders , were a two - time champion in the ABA and starred the famous Hall of Fame forward Julius Erving . During the first season of the merger ( 1976 -- 77 ) , the Nets continued to play on Long Island , although Erving 's contract had by then been sold to the Philadelphia 76ers . The Nets transferred to New Jersey then next season and became known as the New Jersey Nets , and later moved to Brooklyn prior to the 2012 -- 2013 NBA season . </P>
which professional sports team would you not see play a home game in madison square garden
which professional sports team would you not see play a home game in madison square garden
Brooklyn Nets NBA
Brooklyn Nets NBA