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Nets’ big lead slips away, lose to Hornets by five

The Brooklyn Nets lost a very winnable game to the Charlotte Hornets. At one point, Brooklyn led by 20.

The Brooklyn Nets held a sizeable lead over the Charlotte Hornets for much of the night on Wednesday — leading by as much as 20 at one point — but could not finish the job. Charlotte outscored the Nets 60-44 in the second half and went on to win 113-108.

A large part of what led to the Hornets’ comeback was the play of Charlotte guard Devonte’ Graham. In his 37 minutes of action, Graham scored 40 points on 12 of 21 shooting (7 of 12 from deep). He also had five rebounds and five assists.

What also hurt the Nets was Joe Haris (1-for-8), Garrett Temple (1-for-5), Taurean Prince (1-for-5) and Spencer Dinwiddie’s (2-for-9) struggles from three. As a team, Brooklyn shot 26.3% from deep. Overall, Prince went 2-for-12 from the field.

Dinwiddie still led the Nets in scoring with 24 points, finishing 8-for-16 from the floor (5-for-7 from two). He also had six assists.

Jarrett Allen scored 21 on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting. He also had 10 rebounds, logging another double-double.

Brooklyn’s bench offered a healthy amount of scoring, finishing with 37 points between the five reserves who played. Theo Pinson scored 12 on 5-for-9 shooting (2-for-4 from three).

DeAndre Jordan finished one point shy of a double-double, grabbing with 14 boards in his 22 minutes of action.