Brooklyn Nets Are Trounced By New Orleans Pelicans

The Brooklyn Nets were blown out of the water in their Sunday matinee against the New Orleans Pelicans, losing 106-87 at Barclays Center.

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The Brooklyn Nets and New Orleans Pelicans faced off in a rare Sunday matinee at Barclays Center. It seemed as if only one team was ready for the afternoon game, as the Pelicans ended up blowing the Nets off the court, winning the game 106-87.

There was a number of players getting major minutes today that would not be recognizeable to many people as the big named players for each team were sidelined. The Pelicans shut down superstar Anthony Davis recently with a litany of injuries, and also sat Jrue Holiday, Norris Cole and Ryan Anderson today. The Nets, meanwhile, announced that they were shutting down Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young prior to the game.

Because of that a number of younger players got to showcase their talents today and a couple of them came through with big games. For the Nets, Thomas Robinson continued his strong play replacing Young as the starting power forward. Today was the fourth consecutive game that Robinson double-doubled in, as he scored 11 points with 15 rebounds.

Shane Larkin didn’t have a strong shooting game, as he went 3-of-12 from the field, but he did hand out nine assists. Off the bench the Nets backcourt was strong as well, as Markel Brown and Sean Kilpatrick scored 12 and 15 points respectively.