Brooklyn got back Cam Johnson (game-high 26 points, 7-for-13 from deep) and Ben Simmons (seven points, game-high nine assists, seven rebounds), both of whom had missed the most recent game. They got a season-high 16 points from Claxton and 15 from Shake Milton off the bench.

In Wednesday’s 99-90 defeat of the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center, they nearly let go of the rope again. While the Nets were once again without two regular starters in Cam Thomas and Dorian Finney-Smith,

Desperate for a win following an ugly three-game stretch, the Brooklyn Nets utilized a late push to topple the under-achieving Indiana Pacers. With SLAM Magazine founder Dennis Page attending "SLAM Night" in the Nets' home arena,