The Nets leaned on a jumbo lineup of Egor Dëmin, Michael Porter Jr., Noah Clowney, Danny Wolf and Nic Claxton down the stretch of Monday’s 116–103 win over the Charlotte Hornets , a group with an average height of 6-10.

While the sample was small, head coach Jordi Fernández may have captured lightning in a bottle with this group. They posted an offensive rating of 128.6 and a defensive rating of 76.9, and Brooklyn outscored the Hornets 18–8 during their stretch. The Nets won the quarter 28–21, shot nearly 12% better from the field, controlled the glass by six and doubled Charlotte in paint points.

It was their most dominant defensive window of the night, and the offense flowed naturally with Dëmin, Wolf and Claxton connecting actions and Porter and Clowney cutting, finishing and spac

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