NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets welcomed the Washington Wizards to Barclays Center on Friday and won 124-97.
For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 21 points and four rebounds while Cam Thomas had 17 points and four assists. Day’Ron Sharpe had 15 points off the bench and Spencer Dinwiddie had 14 points.
For the Wizards, Kyle Kuzma had 17 points and three rebounds while Deni Avdija had 15 points and seven rebounds. Tyus Jones had 14 points and Bilal Coulibaly had 11 points off the bench.
In the first half, both teams were ice-cold from behind the three-point line even though there were plenty of good shots created from both sides. It seemed that the Nets were going through the motions a bit, but Brooklyn was also missing a lot of shots that they normally make.
In the second half, the Nets turned things around in a hurry as they won the third quarter as Cam Thomas scored 10 points to guide the Nets in winning the quarter 40-24. After that, the Wizards were never able to make a substantial run and the white flag was waved halfway through the fourth quarter.
Here are your Nets player grades following Friday’s win: