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Nets opener postponed by Sandy; NYC Marathon on

  • New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (90) intercepts a pass intended for Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones (28) during the first half of their NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. The Giants won 29-24. (AP Photo/The Waco Tribune-Herald, Jose Yau)

    New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (90) intercepts a pass intended for Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones (28) during the first half of their NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. The Giants won 29-24. (AP Photo/The Waco Tribune-Herald, Jose Yau) Purchase photo reprints at PhotoExtra »

  • Madelyn, left, and Aida Pai, right, walk their dog Gigi underneath what is left of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the New York City borough of Queens. Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 63 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was torn from its daily rhythms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Madelyn, left, and Aida Pai, right, walk their dog Gigi underneath what is left of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the New York City borough of Queens. Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 63 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was torn from its daily rhythms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Purchase photo reprints at PhotoExtra »

  • Madelyn, left, and Aida Pai, right, walk their dog Gigi underneath what is left of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the New York City borough of Queens. Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 63 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was torn from its daily rhythms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Madelyn, left, and Aida Pai, right, walk their dog Gigi underneath what is left of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the New York City borough of Queens. Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 63 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was torn from its daily rhythms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Purchase photo reprints at PhotoExtra »

  • New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (90) intercepts a pass intended for Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones (28) during the first half of their NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. The Giants won 29-24. (AP Photo/The Waco Tribune-Herald, Jose Yau)
  • Madelyn, left, and Aida Pai, right, walk their dog Gigi underneath what is left of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the New York City borough of Queens. Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 63 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was torn from its daily rhythms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
  • Madelyn, left, and Aida Pai, right, walk their dog Gigi underneath what is left of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the New York City borough of Queens. Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 63 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was torn from its daily rhythms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Thursday, November 1, 2012
(Published in print: Thursday, November 1, 2012)

Game off, marathon on

The Nets’ regular-season debut in Brooklyn will have to wait. The New York City Marathon, however, is good to go.

With mass transportation still crippled in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the NBA to postpone tonight’s highly anticipated opener between the Knicks and Nets at the Barclays Center, and the league agreed.

“It’s a great stadium, it would have been a great game, but the bottom line is: There is not a lot of mass transit. Our police have plenty of other things to do,” Bloomberg said at a news conference yesterday.

The Barclays Center sits above the Atlantic Avenue subway station complex, which hosts nine subway lines and a Long Island Rail Road station.

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