Cam Thomas, Patty Mills, and Day’Ron Sharpe were often glued to their seats when everyone was healthy. But on Monday night, those out-of-rotation players delivered big-time performances as the Brooklyn Nets rolled over the Los Angeles Lakers, 121-104, in front of a sold-out Barclays Center crowd expecting a star-studded showdown.
Instead, they were treated to inspiring performances from the Nets’ bench and Russell Westbrook moving past Gary Payton into 10th place on the all-time career assists leaders.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis sat out the front end of a back-to-back schedule in New York. Ben Simmons, T.