Nets’ Egor Demin dominates in first game back from leg injury

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After six games on the shelf injured, Brooklyn’s Egor Dëmin came back with his best game of the young season.

NEW ORLEANS — After six games on the shelf injured, Brooklyn’s Egor Dëmin came back with his best game of the young season.

Dëmin returned from a leg injury with a team-high 22 points to lead the Nets’ 145-111 laugher in New Orleans.

“It just talks about how ready he was to get back and impact the group and the game,” Jordi Fernández said. “And not just his passing, his shot-making, but also driving into the paint and playing with a lot of pace.”

Dëmin had been out with a bone bruise in his right leg suffered Oct. 27 at Boston.

“Egor played great, coming back, playing like that. It helped a lot,” Mo Wagner said.

“It was good to see Egor shoot the ball well. It’s one of his better games he’s had so far this season,” Michael Porter Jr. said “It was good to see him play well for sure.”

Dëmin had been off to a slow start. He had been averaging 7.8 points on 31 percent shooting and 28.6% from deep.

With Nolan Traore (tight right calf) and Mikel Brown Jr. (illness) both out, he had to start at point guard, and handled ball pressure well enough.

“It was great to see Egor back,” Day’Ron Sharpe said. “He’s been excited and working hard all summer for this season. So it’s great to see him come back from the injury and have the game he had.”

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