Overview
- Egor Dëmin led Brooklyn with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting, adding 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a block in the 127-82 win over Milwaukee.
- Drake Powell rebounded from a brief outing in Dallas to post 13 points with a team-best plus-31, as assistant Steve Hetzel coached with Fernández out sick.
- Fernández had cautioned after Friday’s loss to the Mavericks that Dëmin’s minutes could shrink without improved readiness and physicality, following a 3-point, 1-of-7 night and late-game benching.
- Four of the Nets’ five first-round rookies — Dëmin, Powell, Danny Wolf and Nolan Traore — shared extended fourth-quarter minutes; Ben Saraf was unavailable due to illness.
- The performance arrives as Brooklyn navigates an unusual rebuild with five first-rounders and ongoing debate over how much game time the rookies should receive.