Nets beat Knicks again, score win at MSG

New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, left, tries to get the ball from Brooklyn Nets’ Jeremy Lin during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 16, 2017, in New York. The Nets won 121-110. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK—Brook Lopez scored 24 points and the Brooklyn Nets dominated the second half to beat the Knicks 121-110 on Thursday night, their second victory over their New York rivals in five days.

The Nets made five straight 3-pointers during a 38-point third quarter, turning around the game after they were just 2 for 16 behind the arc in the first half.

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 20 points and 10 rebounds for Brooklyn, which beat New York 120-112 at home on Sunday and earned a split of the city series after the Knicks won the first two meetings. Former Knicks star Jeremy Lin had 15 points and eight assists in his first game at Madison Square Garden this season.

Kyle O’Quinn came off the bench to score 23 points for the Knicks, who still haven’t won consecutive games in 2017. Derrick Rose added 22 and Carmelo Anthony had 17.

Playing without Kristaps Porzingis because of a bruised left thigh, the Knicks fell to 27-42, their fourth straight losing season since winning the Atlantic Division in 2013.

New York shot 50 percent in the first half and led by as much as 11, but the Nets blew by them with their sizzling stretch behind the arc. They made a season-high 19 3s in the victory over the Knicks on Sunday and were 31 of 62 in their previous two games before finishing 10 for 31 on Thursday.

The Knicks held a moment of silence before the game for Dave Stallworth, a member of their 1970 NBA championship game who died Wednesday at 75.