Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and led the Brooklyn Nets to a 127-115 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Jamal Murray finished with 27 points, a career-high 16 assists and six rebounds for Denver. Aaron Gordon returned to score 20 points off the bench after missing 19 games, and Christian Braun started after a 23-game absence. Nikola Jokic was lost for perhaps a month with a hyperextended left knee. Noah Clowney scored 22, while Cam Thomas and Day'Ron Sharpe each had 17. Brooklyn hit 7 of 9 threes in the third and used a 12-0 run in the fourth to secure the win.
"Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in his first game against his former team, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Denver Nuggets 127-115 on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak. The Nuggets got Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun back from lengthy injury absences and a huge game from Jamal Murray, but fell to 1-2 since Nikola Jokic was lost for perhaps a month with a hyperextended left knee."
"Porter played six seasons for the Nuggets after being taken with the No. 14 pick in the 2018 draft and was a starter on their 2023 NBA championship team. He was traded to Brooklyn in the offseason for Cam Johnson and came in averaging a career-high 25.8 points. He scored nine points in the second quarter and Brooklyn led 59-52 at halftime after Murray's jumper with 0.2 seconds to play."
"The Nets quickly opened it up again in the third quarter. Brooklyn was 7 for 9 from 3-point range in the period, scoring 41 points and taking a 100-84 advantage to the fourth. Tim Hardaway Jr. had two 3-pointers to open the fourth and cut it to 10, but Thomas had the last seven points of a 12-0 spurt that blew it open at 112-90."
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