He came off the bench for a third straight game after a hamstring injury sidelined the big man for the entire preseason.
Nic Claxton may not be back to starting, or even to full speed yet, but he was good enough Sunday to help slow Giannis Antetokounmpo
Claxton came off the bench for a third straight game after a hamstring injury sidelined the big man for the entire preseason.But he had a double-double . And he platooned with Ben Simmons to keep Antetokounmpo from wrecking the game plan as he so often does. Antetokounmpo averaged 29.7 points against the Nets last season, and 34.0 against them the year prior. But they held him to 22 points on Sunday, just eight in the first half. Ben Simmons, Dennis Schroder snap back at heckler in wild tunnel video
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