NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets welcomed the Denver Nuggets to Barclay’s Center on Sunday for the second and final matchup between the teams this regular-season and lost 108-102. The regular-season series between the two teams ends tied at 1-1.
For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 23 points while Nic Claxton had 19 points and eight rebounds. Cam Johnson had 14 points and Seth Curry had 12 points off the bench.
For the Nuggets, Michael Porter Jr. had 28 points and nine rebounds while Jamal Murray had 25 points and eight assists. Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists and Aaron Gordon had 10 points.
In the first half, Denver made sure that this game went differently than the first meeting between the two teams. The Nuggets got out to a fast start in the first quarter as Jamal Murray scored 20 points and was one point short of matching Brooklyn’s score as a team. Things became physical in the second quarter as both teams began to match each other’s intensity. Mikal Bridges scored 11 points for the Nets, but it came on 3-of-11 shooting from the field.
In the second half, things continued to be physical as Denver continued to attack the glass and pick up offensive rebounds. Murray cooled off from his electric first quarter, but Nikola Jokic and Michael Porter Jr. started to pick up their offense in a huge way. Brooklyn made a furious comeback in the fourth quarter thanks to their bench, but it wasn’t enough as the Nets could not turn around their shooting when the moment came.
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