{"id":334084,"date":"2025-12-07T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/334084\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T00:46:07","slug":"porter-claxton-lead-the-nets-to-a-119-101-victory-over-the-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/334084\/","title":{"rendered":"Porter, Claxton lead the Nets to a 119-101 victory over the Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — – Michael Porter Jr<\/a>. tied his season high with 35 points, Nic Claxton<\/a> had his second triple-double and the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> beat the New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> 119-101 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Porter matched his career best by reaching 30 for a third straight game, having also done it last Feb. 3-6 during his final season with Denver. He made five 3-pointers and had nine rebounds after sitting out Thursday to rest his back in the second night of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

Claxton finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. He’s the first Nets player with multiple triple-doubles in a season since James Harden<\/a> (nine) and Kevin Durant<\/a> (four) in 2021-22, and the second Nets center with multiple career triple-doubles. Shawn Bradley<\/a> had five from 1995-97.<\/p>\n

Day’Ron Sharpe<\/a> added 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting as Brooklyn won for the third time in four games to improve to 6-17.<\/p>\n

Trey Murphy III<\/a> scored 23 points for the Pelicans, who lost their sixth straight game and fell to 3-21. Saddiq Bey<\/a> added 18 points and Bryce McGowens<\/a> had 16.<\/p>\n

The Nets shot 63.6% and had 13 assists on their 14 baskets in the first quarter, taking a 35-24 lead. Porter scored 13 points in the second quarter on 5-for-6 shooting as Brooklyn made it 62-44 at halftime.<\/p>\n

The Nets led by 28 points in the second half.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Pelicans: Host San Antonio on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Nets: At Dallas on Friday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a>br\/]<\/p>\n

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