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Brooklyn Nets beat Indiana Pacers 98-90 for their first win of the season as Michael Porter Jr. scores 23 and Julius Randle 20
Michael Porter Jr. scored 23, Julius Randle added 20 and Day'Ron Sharpe had 15 and 13 as Brooklyn opened the third quarter on a 9-0 run, never trailed after the first and moved to 1-5.
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Michael Porter Jr. scored 23 points, Julius Randle added 20, and the Brooklyn Nets won for the first time this season, beating the Indiana Pacers 98-90 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday, November 1. Brooklyn is 1-5. Indiana is 2-5 and has lost all three of its home games.
Porter made 7 of 16 shots, 3 threes and 6 free throws, with 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Randle scored 20 with 4 threes, 6 assists and a game-best +17, and Day’Ron Sharpe had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists for the 20th double-double of his career. The Nets never trailed after the first quarter.
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How it turned
Neither offense found much early. Randle’s three gave Brooklyn a 12-10 lead in the first quarter, and Indiana did not lead again. The Pacers made 4 of 20 threes in the first half, and the Nets, who shot 38% themselves, went into halftime up 43-40.
Brooklyn opened the third quarter with nine straight points. Porter made a three and the free throw for a four-point play, and rookie Nolan Traore added a three and a floater to make it 52-40. The Nets led by 12 three times in the quarter, the last at 68-56 on Noah Clowney’s dunk after a Randle step-back three, and took a 71-62 lead into the fourth.
Indiana’s best push came right after. Andrew Nembhard scored twice inside, then back-to-back threes from Larry Nance Jr. and Nembhard pulled the Pacers within 75-72 with 9:29 left. Randle answered with a three, Sharpe dunked twice, and Brooklyn rebuilt a 10-point lead. When Indiana kept trading threes in the last five minutes, Traore hit two from 25 and 27 feet, both off Randle passes, to keep the Pacers at a distance.
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The numbers
Brooklyn made 25 of 31 free throws to Indiana’s 21 of 30 and won the rebounding battle 43-37. Both teams made 13 threes, so the difference came at the line and on the glass. Traore had 16 points and 6 assists with 4 threes, and Moritz Wagner scored 14 off the bench. Rookie Mikel Brown Jr. rested on the first night of a back-to-back, and Egor Demin (leg) was out.
The Pacers’ side
Nembhard scored 23 with 4 threes, Pascal Siakam had 17 points and 5 assists, and Quenton Jackson scored 12 off the bench. Kelly Oubre Jr. and Aaron Nesmith scored 11 each. Indiana shot 40% and was short Obi Toppin (back), Ivica Zubac (ankle), T.J. McConnell (hamstring), Johnny Furphy and Ben Sheppard (both knee).
What’s next
The Nets visit the New York Knicks on Monday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time). The Pacers host the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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