Continuing his offensive onslaught, Michael Porter Jr. tied his season-high 35 points while Day’Ron Sharpe added 16 off the bench as the Nets improved to 6-17 and picked up their third win in four games Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center, 119-101, against a shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans team featuring impressive rookies Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen.

With the team’s recent surge and a positive injury update on Cam Thomas earlier in the day, the arrow is finally pointing up for Brooklyn, lottery odds be damned. After looking borderline unwatchable through the season’s opening stretch, the Nets are slowly becoming a team worth tuning in for.

The Nets opened with a balanced offensive burst from all five starters, led by Porter, who poured in nine first-quarter points and continue

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