Bridges hits heave from well beyond half court

The Nets couldn’t buy a shot in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 105-93 loss to the Knicks. But they ended the first half with the longest one in the league this season.

Mikal Bridges’ stunning buzzer-beater from beyond half court gave Brooklyn a one-point lead at the Garden.

The heave was officially measured at 62.02 feet. That topped Naji Marshall’s 61.75 footer for New Orleans against Dallas on Nov. 14 as the longest of the season according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

It was one even his own teammates didn’t expect.

After Donte DiVincenzo’s 6-foot jumper gave the Knicks a 56-54 edge with just 2.3 seconds left in the half, it seemed the Nets would go into the locker room down by a deuce. And when Bridges took the inbounds pass from Cam Thomas, even Nets starting center Nic Claxton turned and started walking off the court toward the locker room.

But Bridges took a couple of strides and heaved the ball up and in with 0.3 seconds left. Replays confirmed the basket was good.

It was a miraculous shot, but apparently not a momentum-changing one. The Nets’ offense went dry in the fourth.

➤ Cam Thomas had a team-high 19 points, five rebounds and a team-high six assists. He played a secondary playmaker to starting point guard Dennis Schroder, and faced constant blitzes from the Knicks to get the ball out of his hands. Those six assists give him 158 for the season. He had just 156 combined over his first two seasons. But he was a minus-29 on Saturday, the decision-making of both he and his teammates a second slow. “Tried to blitz my pick-and-rolls. Bring two to the ball. We’ve just gotta be aggressive and make plays out of that,” Thomas said. “And I feel like when we play, that’s just how they carve us up, try to blow up every angle of the ball, every screen. Blitzed my screens up top, just gotta make quicker decisions and make better plays out of that.”

➤ Cam Johnson stubbed his toe trying to take a charge and was walking with a limp but told The Post he should be fine to play Monday at Toronto.

➤ Both Nets point guards started despite each having been listed on the injury report going in.

Schroder had nine points and seven rebounds after being probable with right forearm soreness. Backup Dennis Smith Jr. had eight points in 14 minutes after being probable with right hip soreness.