NEW YORK -- — Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in his first game against his former team, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Denver Nuggets 127-115 on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak.

The Nuggets got Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun back from lengthy injury absences and a huge game from Jamal Murray, but fell to 1-2 since Nikola Jokic was lost for perhaps a month with a hyperextended left knee.

Murray finished with 27 points, a career-high 16 assists and six rebounds. Gordon had 20 points off the bench after missing 19 games with a strained right hamstring, while Braun started and scored four points after he sat out 23 games with a sprained left ankle.

Noah Clowney added 22 points for the Nets, while Cam Thomas and Day'Ron Sharpe each had 17. Sharpe started at center with Nic Claxton out for personal reasons.

Porter played six seasons for the Nuggets after being taken with the No. 14 pick in the 2018 draft and was a starter on their 2023 NBA championship team. He was traded to Brooklyn in the offseason for Cam Johnson and came in averaging a career-high 25.8 points.

He scored nine points in the second quarter and Brooklyn led 59-52 at halftime after Murray's jumper with 0.2 seconds to play.

The Nets quickly opened it up again in the third quarter. Brooklyn was 7 for 9 from 3-point range in the period, scoring 41 points and taking a 100-84 advantage to the fourth.

Tim Hardaway Jr. had two 3-pointers to open the fourth and cut it to 10, but Thomas had the last seven points of a 12-0 spurt that blew it open at 112-90.

Hardaway scored 26 but Denver fell to 1-4 on its seven-game Eastern trip. Johnson sat out with a knee injury.

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Nuggets: Visit Philadelphia on Monday.

Nets: Host Orlando on Tuesday.

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Play By Play

Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	DaRon Holmes II vs. Day'Ron Sharpe (Christian Braun gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Jamal Murray lost ball turnover (Day'Ron Sharpe steals)	0	0
11:44	Terance Mann makes running layup	2	0
11:13	Peyton Watson misses 13-foot two point shot	2	0
11:11	Christian Braun offensive rebound	2	0
11:05	Peyton Watson makes 3-foot reverse layup (Jamal Murray assists)	2	2
10:44	Noah Clowney misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:42	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	2	2
10:38	Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot	2	2
10:33	Day'Ron Sharpe defensive rebound	2	2
10:23	Terance Mann misses driving floating jump shot	2	2
10:20	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	2	2
10:16	Peyton Watson makes running layup (Jamal Murray assists)	2	4
9:51	Egor Demin makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot (Terance Mann assists)	4	4
9:27	DaRon Holmes II makes 25-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)	4	7
9:11	Peyton Watson shooting foul	4	7
9:11	Noah Clowney makes free throw 1 of 2	5	7
9:11	Noah Clowney makes free throw 2 of 2	6	7
8:51	Peyton Watson lost ball turnover (Terance Mann steals)	6	7
8:42	Noah Clowney makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Terance Mann assists)	8	7
8:42	Christian Braun shooting foul	8	7
8:42	Noah Clowney makes free throw 1 of 1	9	7
8:21	Christian Braun misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot	9	7
8:18	Day'Ron Sharpe defensive rebound	9	7
8:08	Egor Demin misses 23-foot three point jumper	9	7
8:02	Noah Clowney offensive rebound	9	7
7:59	Spencer Jones personal foul	9	7
7:56	Spencer Jones shooting foul	9	7
7:56	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3	10	7
7:56	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3	11	7
7:56	Tim Hardaway Jr. enters the game for Spencer Jones	11	7
7:56	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3	12	7
7:42	Terance Mann personal foul	12	7
7:29	Jamal Murray misses 17-foot turnaround jump shot	12	7
7:28	Nuggets offensive team rebound	12	7
7:28	shot clock turnover	12	7
7:17	DaRon Holmes II blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 3-foot driving layup	12	7
7:14	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	12	7
7:12	Christian Braun makes running layup	12	9
7:02	Michael Porter Jr. makes 19-foot jumper (Terance Mann assists)	14	9
6:44	Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	9
6:42	Terance Mann defensive rebound	14	9
6:37	Michael Porter Jr. traveling turnover	14	9
6:37	Nets Full timeout	14	9
6:23	Egor Demin shooting foul	14	9
6:23	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3	14	10
6:23	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3	14	11
6:23	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 3 of 3	14	11
6:21	Egor Demin defensive rebound	14	11
6:08	Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	11
6:04	Michael Porter Jr. offensive rebound	14	11
6:03	Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	11
6:01	Terance Mann offensive rebound	14	11
5:59	Terance Mann misses two point shot	14	11
5:59	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	14	11
5:54	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)	14	14
5:38	Egor Demin misses driving layup	14	14
5:36	Christian Braun defensive rebound	14	14
5:30	Terance Mann blocks Christian Braun 's 5-foot running layup	14	14
5:28	Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound	14	14
5:20	Noah Clowney makes 25-foot three point jumper (Egor Demin assists)	17	14
4:53	DaRon Holmes II misses layup	17	14
4:51	Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound	17	14
4:47	Egor Demin makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)	20	14
4:32	Jamal Murray out of bounds bad pass turnover	20	14
4:32	Ziaire Williams enters the game for Egor Demin	20	14
4:32	Nolan Traore enters the game for Terance Mann	20	14
4:32	Bruce Brown enters the game for Christian Braun	20	14
4:32	Aaron Gordon enters the game for DaRon Holmes II	20	14
4:16	Peyton Watson shooting foul	20	14
4:16	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2	21	14
4:16	Cam Thomas enters the game for Noah Clowney	21	14
4:16	Zeke Nnaji enters the game for Peyton Watson	21	14
4:16	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2	22	14
4:02	Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)	22	16
3:43	Ziaire Williams makes 2-foot dunk (Day'Ron Sharpe assists)	24	16
3:29	Bruce Brown bad pass turnover (Day'Ron Sharpe steals)	24	16
3:28	Bruce Brown shooting foul	24	16
3:28	Day'Ron Sharpe makes free throw 1 of 2	25	16
3:28	Danny Wolf enters the game for Michael Porter Jr.	25	16
3:28	Day'Ron Sharpe misses free throw 2 of 2	25	16
3:24	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	25	16
3:11	Aaron Gordon out of bounds bad pass turnover	25	16
2:49	Cam Thomas out of bounds lost ball turnover	25	16
2:49	Nuggets Full timeout	25	16
2:49	Drake Powell enters the game for Day'Ron Sharpe	25	16
2:36	Aaron Gordon makes 3-foot reverse layup (Zeke Nnaji assists)	25	18
2:36	Danny Wolf shooting foul	25	18
2:36	Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1	25	19
2:18	Nolan Traore makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot	27	19
1:54	Aaron Gordon makes 12-foot two point shot	27	21
1:37	Nolan Traore misses 23-foot three point jumper	27	21
1:34	Bruce Brown defensive rebound	27	21
1:20	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)	27	24
1:02	Drake Powell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nolan Traore assists)	30	24
40.6	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)	30	27
29.9	Ziaire Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nolan Traore assists)	33	27
20.2	Aaron Gordon makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	33	29
1.3	Nolan Traore misses 25-foot three point jumper	33	29
1.3	Nets offensive team rebound	33	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	33	29

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Venue

Barclays Center

Brooklyn, NY

Date & Time

8:30 PM, January 4, 2026

Coverage

YES, Altitude 2 Sports, NBA League Pass

Attendance

17,548

Referees

Courtney Kirkland, Michael Smith, Ashley Moyer-Gleich

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Oklahoma City	40	13	.755	L2
Denver	34	19	.642	W1
Minnesota	32	22	.593	L2
Portland	25	28	.472	W2
Utah	16	37	.302	L2

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
New York	34	19	.642	W1
Boston	34	19	.642	L1
Toronto	32	22	.593	W2
Philadelphia	30	22	.577	W1
Brooklyn	14	37	.275	W1

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