Overview
- Egor Dëmin returned from a right-leg bone bruise and scored a team-high 22 points in the Nets’ 145-111 win in New Orleans on Wednesday.
- He shot 5 of 8 from the field, 4 of 6 from three, made 8 of 10 free throws and finished with a plus-29 rating, a line that changed the game’s flow.
- The Nets shot 57 percent as a team, hit 20 three-pointers, recorded 30 assists and posted their best first-half scoring in years, moving Brooklyn to 3-8 on the season.
- Veterans backed the effort: Michael Porter Jr. also scored 22 points, Julius Randle posted a plus-38 that ties a franchise road-game mark, and eight players finished in double figures.
- Dëmin had struggled earlier in the season and left the Oct. 27 game in Boston with the bone bruise, so this performance offers a clear test of his recovery and his potential role as a short-term stabilizer for the Nets.