New York – – Trendon Watford scored 22 factors, Drew Timme collected 16 factors and 9 rebounds on the bench and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Pelicans of New Orleans 119-114 Tuesday night to take a sequence of 5 house video games.
Timme completed a three-point sport with 4:06 to play within the third quarter to provide the Nets the primary two-digit lead within the match at 83-71.
The Pelicans have rallied. Antonio Reeves made an inverted lay-up whereas being defective with 1:29 on the left and added the franc launch to shoot New Orleans within the 116-109. After a Miss Timme, Reeves added a 3 -point to 53.1 to acquire within the 4.
However, Tosan Evbuomwan sealed it with a 3 pointer on the different finish with 35 seconds on the left.
Dariq Whitehead scored 12 of his 14 factors within the first half for Brooklyn (26-53). Evbuomwan and Nic Claxton every scored 13, Maxwell Lewis had 12 and Tyson Etienne 11. Reece Beekman collected 10 assists in profession with a single turnover.
Reeves and Karlo Matkovic every scored 17 for New Orleans (21-58). Jose Alvarado added 16 factors, Jamal Cain had 15 and Keion Brooks Jr. 14. Elfrid Payton completed with 10 assists.
New Orleans has misplaced its fourth consecutive sport and is 7-33 from his house.
Pelicans: Pelicans for the lottery, which have their worst document in 20 years, have put apart seven of their eight greatest markers with lengthy -term accidents, together with Zion Williamson.
Nets: Brooklyn has completed a scanning of the New Orleans season for the primary time because the 2021-222 marketing campaign.
The nets scored 43 factors within the third quarter to withdraw. It was their biggest variety of factors in all neighborhoods this season.
Brooklyn completed 17 out of 40 from the three -point seaside, with Dariq Whitehead making 4 of the 6 makes an attempt of first half.
The 2 groups play Thursday. New Orleans continues its street journey to Milwaukee, whereas the Nets welcome the Hawks of Atlanta.
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