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Panzura postgame wrap: Nets 120, Pelicans 105

By halftime Saturday, Brooklyn was down to one perennial All-Star among the three on its roster, but James Harden and a cast of high-performing, lesser-known role players were more than enough to beat slow-starting New Orleans. Despite Kevin Durant leaving Saturday’s game with a knee injury – he collided with teammate Bruce Brown – the Nets rolled to a 30-point edge prior to intermission and withstood intermittent second-half Pelicans runs in a convincing victory. New Orleans committed five turnovers in the first five minutes, helping Brooklyn build a fast double-digit margin.

New Orleans dropped the first stop of a three-game Atlantic Division road trip that goes to Boston and New York next week.