By Brian Mahoney

The Knicks beat the city rival Brooklyn Nets 110-81 Wednesday night to move percentage points ahead of Atlanta for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot.

The Knicks made 24 of 36 shots in taking a 63-38 halftime lead in front of new president Phil Jackson, who wouldn’t have much to fix if they looked like this more often. They finished at a season-high 60 percent and outrebounded Brooklyn 41-23.

“Our guys are hungry,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. “Normally anybody that comes off the West Coast, when you’ve been out there for a while, that game coming back is normally a tough game, but our guys came out with energy and came out ready to play.”

Amar’e Stoudemire scored 13 points in the victory.

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