The truth is only one of those missing players is asked to contribute much and that's Raymond Felton.
Anthony, Smith and Stoudemire played at full strength but the rest of the team is not deep enough to handle this Nets version 2.0 that has been on a tear since PJ Carlesimo replaced Avery Johnson.
Unfortunately the geniuses at the league office only scheduled two regular season games between these teams making it impossible to see these teams go at it at full strength anymore in the regular season.
I have a feeling that these teams will meet again in the playoffs with the same results as yesterday.
The Knicks Lose Again, Nets 88 - Knicks 85
