Thomas makes history, but Suns burn Nets

Cam Thomas can’t be stopped, but the rest of the Nets are experiencing a malaise with Kevin Durant still on the mend and Kyrie Irving in Dallas.

Thomas became the youngest player in NBA history with three consecutive 40-point efforts, putting up 43 in Brooklyn’s second straight loss, a 116-112 setback to the surging Phoenix Suns Tuesday night in front of 17,093 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center.

The 21-year-old Thomas, who poured in 44 points in Saturday’s win over Washington and 47 more Monday night in a tough loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, went 11-of-23 from the floor, including 3-of-9 from 3-point range.

With Durant recovering from a sprain of his right collateral ligament and Irving still awaiting his debut with the Mavericks, Thomas kept the Nets in contention throughout by drilling 18-of-20 free throws.

He missed one on purpose with 4.3 seconds remaining and the Nets down 114-112, but the rebound went to Phoenix’s Deandre Ayton, whom Thomas fouled.

Ayton drained both, leaving Thomas and Brooklyn (32-22) to lament another narrow defeat despite the first 40-plus point streak of its kind in Nets history.

“Obviously I’d rather have the win because it sounds better when you have these 40-point games with the two (games) that we lost, but it’s just good to have my name in history,” noted Thomas.

Brooklyn is still waiting for the two players it acquired in the Irving deal, former Net Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finley-Smith, to join the red-hot Thomas in the lineup.

That should happen Thursday night on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush, where the Nets will host Chicago seeking to improve on their 5-8 record since Durant went down to injury on Jan. 8 in Miami.

Ayton scored a career high-tying 35 points and Devin Booker, back from a groin injury that sidelined him since…