NEW YORK --  Since the Knicks and Nets last met in Brooklyn Nov. 26, the two teams have headed in opposite directions.

The Nets (11-8) have gone 2-4 since the much-hyped first meeting between the two New York City teams, and enter tonight's game at the Barclays Center having lost four straight.

The Knicks (15-5) have won six of seven, including a 20-point blowout of the Heat in Miami without their star, …