Nets take two straight after break
Rejuvenated Williams, Rookie Brown Star in Win Over Nuggets
Lionel Hollins’ smaller post-All-Star break lineup has produced big results for the Brooklyn Nets thus far.
Deron Williams put up 16 points, 12 assists and five rebounds and rookie Markel Brown, making his first-ever NBA start, added 10 points, 11 boards and four blocked shots Monday night as Brooklyn blew out the Denver Nuggets, 110-82, in front of 13,127 fans at the Pepsi Center.
”The court’s a lot more open when we play small like this,” Williams said of Hollins’ unorthodox but effective starting five, which also included Alan Anderson, Mason Plumlee and Joe Johnson, who was slotted in at power forward.