Caught up in all the hoopla of an exciting Nets win and a mesmerizing 60-point effort from Damian Lillard was the debut of Nets rookie Nicolas Claxton.
With DeAndre Jordan day-to-day (sprained ankle), Claxton was finally unleashed to the delight of many Nets fans.
Taken with the 31st pick (the Knicks second rounder) in the 2019 NBA Draft, Claxton was seen as a first rounder by most draft prognosticators and demonstrated some —but not yet all— of that talent in his first appearance. (The Nets reportedly had him at No.