BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- On Star Wars Night, the force was apparently with the Brooklyn Nets, as they played some of the finest basketball of the season (for the first three quarters, anyway).
Behind a consistent effort, the Nets (6-15) defeated the Denver Nuggets (8-14), 116-111, Thursday night at Barclays Center. The Nets controlled the game from the start, a wire-to-wire victory that included six different players scoring in double figures. They played great the first three quarter, but nearly lost the game in the fourth quarter.
They started the game on an 11-0 run and never looked back (although they made it closer than it needed to be).