Nets blow out Hornets with blistering third quarter

This is what the post-Kyrie Nets will have to look like: perfectly balanced, and feasting on the dregs of the Eastern Conference. The Nets (26-29) smoked the Hornets, 115-86, Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., blowing it open with a 33-18 third quarter. Every other quarter was within five points.The 29-point win was the Nets’ second-biggest margin of victory this year, behind only a 41-point win over the Warriors on Feb. 3.“The ball was hoppin’ tonight,” head coach Kenny Atkinson said. “The ball was moving around, guys were touching it … I was very pleased with the maturity we showed.”Atkinson did r…

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