Jordi Fernandez opened up on the Nets' struggles following their blowout loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

But at its core, the simplest metric tells the story best: No team is erupting for big quarters as often as the Knicks, who scored 83 points in the second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday before blowing the Nets out of the water with a 40-point first quarter at home on Sunday.

The Knicks seemed to do that just fine, playing their game as they continued to show off a potent and diverse offense. They easily coasted past the Nets, 134-98, for their fourth straight win, improving to 6-0 at Madison Square Garden and 6-3 overall.

It hasn't been a pretty season for the Brooklyn Nets thus far, as they fell to the New York Knicks 134-98 on Sunday. Coming into the season, it was well known t

On Sunday night, Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks take on the Brooklyn Nets in a crosstown rivalry matchup.

The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks meet in an Eastern Conference clash from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, Sunday evening.

The New York Knicks are coming off multiple off days and are heavily favored on Sunday in a matchup with the Brooklyn Nets. New York is 5-0 straight up and agai

While all three of them were in Brooklyn, they dominated the matchups with the Knicks. In those 757 days, the Nets went 9-0 against the Knicks in the midst of a prolonged 14-3 stretch. Even while they sat in street clothes, the sheer difference between the two teams was great enough to result in embarrassing loss after embarrassing loss.