Overview
- Porter returned from a two-game illness absence and posted 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as Brooklyn snapped a three-game skid.
- Denver confirmed before tipoff that Gordon and Braun were available after long layoffs, with coach David Adelman indicating they would be on minutes limits.
- Jamal Murray tallied 27 points and a career-high 16 assists for Denver, which fell to 1-2 since Nikola Jokic was ruled out for at least four weeks with a hyperextended left knee.
- Noah Clowney scored 22 for Brooklyn, while Day'Ron Sharpe started for the absent Nic Claxton (personal reasons) and added 17 alongside Cam Thomas' 17 off the bench.
- This was Porter's first meeting with Denver since the offseason trade that sent him to Brooklyn for Cam Johnson and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick, with the Nets' results continuing to track upward when he plays.