The Knicks-Nets rivalry took on new meaning Sunday as Jordi Fernández went head-to-head with his longtime mentor, Mike Brown, for the first time since Brown took over as Knicks head coach. Their relationship stretches back more than a decade, but on this night, Fernández was focused on how Brown has reshaped the Knicks’ style of play .

The Nets entered Sunday still searching for their second win of the season, playing without leading scorer Cam Thomas , while the Knicks aimed for their fourth straight victory at Madison Square Garden.

“I think in the last five games they’re the No. 2 offense, overall 4th, so from that end of the floor early in the season, they’ve been pretty efficient,” Fernández said of the Brown-led Knicks. “They’re a team that plays at both ends very physical, the

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