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Nets' 37-Point Third Quarter Buries 76ers 114-108
The Nets outscored the 76ers 37-23 in the third quarter to turn a two-point deficit into a 114-108 preseason win at Barclays Center. Jaylen Brown's 18 points led Philadelphia, but 58 bench points and 61 rebounds carried Brooklyn. Both teams sit at 0-0 in the preseason, so the result is about rotations, not the standings.
By the Hoops Nightly Desk · updated 12 d ago01The story of the nightThe third quarter flipped itThe game was tied 33-33 after one quarter, and Philadelphia actually led 58-56 at halftime.
The game was tied 33-33 after one quarter, and Philadelphia actually led 58-56 at halftime. Brooklyn then won the third quarter 37-23, turning that two-point deficit into a 93-81 lead. The 76ers answered with a 27-21 fourth quarter and got as close as the final 114-108 margin, but they never got the lead back. Brooklyn's biggest lead was 14 points; Philadelphia's was only 6, and the two teams traded the lead 10 times before that third-quarter swing decided it.
02Brown and Maxey carry Philadelphia's scoringJaylen Brown led all scorers with 18 points on 5-of-9 shooting, adding 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, though he…
Jaylen Brown led all scorers with 18 points on 5-of-9 shooting, adding 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, though he finished -13. Tyrese Maxey added 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting with 2 steals and a plus-minus of +1, the only Philadelphia starter to finish positive. For Brooklyn, Julius Randle led with 14 points and 6 rebounds, Egor Demin had 13 points and 5 assists, and Keon Ellis added 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-4 from three.
03Won in the paint, on the glass and off the benchBrooklyn out-rebounded Philadelphia 61-48 and scored 50 points in the paint to the 76ers' 46.
Brooklyn out-rebounded Philadelphia 61-48 and scored 50 points in the paint to the 76ers' 46. The Nets' bench outscored Philadelphia's reserves 58-49, led by Nolan Traore's 12 points and Danny Wolf's 9 points and 4 assists. Brooklyn also forced 21 Philadelphia turnovers and turned them into 23 points, well above its own 14 turnovers and the 16 points Philadelphia got off them. The 76ers shot better from the field at 47.1% to Brooklyn's 44.3%, but it wasn't enough to offset the turnover and rebounding gaps.
04What it means for each teamThis was a preseason game, so both teams remain at 0-0 and nothing here affects the standings.
This was a preseason game, so both teams remain at 0-0 and nothing here affects the standings. For Philadelphia, Joel Embiid's line of 6 points on 1-of-5 shooting with 8 turnovers in 23.7 minutes stands out as the roughest stretch in the box score, even with the 76ers' three-point effort. For Brooklyn, the third-quarter burst and the bench production from Traore, Wolf and Chaney Johnson are the clearest signs of what the rotation could look like once the games start to count.
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