Nets hope Nic Claxton can build on career-high defensive performance in Game 4

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images After a tough night in Game 3, Nic Claxton bounced back in a short but very sweet way.

Claxton — who was badly outplayed by Tristian Thompson in Game 3 — flipped the script in Game 4 recording a career-high four blocks in just eight minutes of play. Despite not scoring in the dominant win, the Nets young big was +14 Sunday night — third-highest on the team — and provided Brooklyn a game-changing spark.

“That’s what he does. He’s active, he protects our rim, he rebounds the ball. Offensively, he sets screens and finishes around the basket, so he did exactly his job only playing eight minutes, but he’s always ready,” said James Harden on…