The Brooklyn Nets visited Ball Arena on Thursday on the second end of a back-to-back to take on the Denver Nuggets and lost 124-101.
For the Nets, Spencer Dinwiddie had 17 points and eight assists while Cam Thomas had 13 points and three rebounds. Harry Giles III had 11 points off the bench and Cam Johnson had 10 points.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists while Jamal Murray had 16 points and three steals. Peyton Watson had 18 points off the bench and Aaron Gordon had 13 points.
In the first half, the Nets hung around with the Nuggets in the first quarter thanks to some timely offense from players like Cam Thomas and Mikal Bridges. The second half was when Denver brought things open as Brooklyn shooting percentages dropped off a cliff and could not keep up with the Nuggets in terms of scoring points.
In the second half, this game became a blowout early in the third quarter as it was clear that the Nets did not have the legs to keep pace with the Nuggets and just couldn’t string together good offensive possessions. Brooklyn head coach Jacque Vaughn waved the white flag to start the fourth quarter as the Nets will play again on Saturday.
Here are your Nets player grades following Thursday’s loss: