The Brooklyn Nets played the Cleveland Cavaliers at Accor Arena on Thursday as part of the NBA Paris Game and lost 111-102.
For the Nets, Cam Thomas had 26 points and six rebounds while Mikal Bridges had 26 points and six rebounds. Lonnie Walker IV had 20 points off the bench and Nic Claxton had 13 points.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell had 45 points and 12 rebounds while Caris LeVert had 21 points and three rebounds off the bench. Issac Okoro and Jarrett Allen had 12 points each.
In the first half, this game couldn’t have been more of a lopsided affair as everything was working for the Cavaliers thanks to Donovan Mitchell’s 17 points, seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals. The only positive for the Nets in the half was that Cam Thomas (11 points) kept their team afloat for as long as he could.
In the second half, the Nets looked to be heading for a second straight game in which they looked pretty bad until the sequence when Cleveland center Tristan Thompson was thrown out of the game in the fourth quarter with a flagrant foul 2 on Claxton. Thomas and Walker were instrumental in helping Brooklyn get back into this game, but their 26-point deficit was just too much to come back from with the time remaining.
Here are your Nets player grades following Thursday’s loss: