Nets pound Pelicans for much-needed bounceback win

NEW ORLEANS — The Nets came to New Orleans desperate for a bounce-back win. And they made it look easy in the Big Easy.

What Brooklyn got was a bounce-back beating, pounding the pitiful Pelicans 145-111 before 15,043 at Smoothie King Center on Wednesday night.

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In a matchup of slumping teams coming off humbling losses, the Nets were the ones who showed some steel.

They lost to the Mavericks by 37, while the Pelicans were stinging from the worst regular-season defeat in their history, a 51-point humiliation to Golden State.

Moritz Wagner (13) celebrates after making a basket during the Nets’ 145-111 blowout win over the Pelicans on Nov. 11, 2026, in New Orleans. AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman

On Wednesday, a Brooklyn team that looked in disarray in Dallas put up their highest-scoring first half in years, led by as many as 41 points and welcomed back Egor Dëmin with a resounding rout.

It was a rare laugher for the Nets (3-8), a complete team victory. Even without point guards Nolan Traore and Mikel Brown Jr., the Nets handed out 30 assists to just 15 turnovers. They shot 57 percent and 20 of 41 from deep.

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And Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle looked like the veteran leaders they’re being paid to be. Not because they were good, but because they made others better.

The former had a team-high tying 22 points, while the latter was a plus-38, tying Stephon Marbury for the best in franchise history for a road game.

“I just told Ju, me and him [are] going to have to take it on ourselves to get us organized and be in the right place, be involved in the offense,” Porter said. “So we were just trying to communicate more, make quicker decisions and get into things quicker.”

“We’ve got a lot of capable guys. I don’t know how many people are in double figures. It seemed like a lot, though. So we got capable dudes. And when we share the ball like that, everyone gets to have fun, feel like they’re in a rhythm. We can be pretty good offensively.”

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It was eight in double figures, but six with at least 15 points — Dëmin, Porter Jr., Randle, Day’Ron Sharpe and backups Moritz Wagner and Noah Clowney —…

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