The Nets have won the third straight game that Michael Porter Jr. has started.

There may be an inflection point coming sooner rather than later.

Granted, this last one came 119-101 against the pitiful Pelicans before 17,055 at Barclays Center.

New Orleans is so terrible they’re not even tanking and still out-tanked the Nets, who improved to 6-17 and look respectable with Porter in the lineup.

The Nets strategically rested Porter in Thursday’s matchup of lottery hopefuls — injury management for his lower back — and Brooklyn collapsed offensively in the fourth quarter.

It was a calculated result that moved them up into fourth in the lottery odds.

But it also showed Porter’s impact.

Saturday underscored it, as he outscored the Pelicans.

Porter poured in a game-high 35 points on 14-of-

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