Brooklyn at Atlanta

Michael Porter Jr. had 26 points and 10 rebounds Wednesday as Brooklyn beat Charlotte 114-104, shooting 51% from the field and 38% from three. The Nets trailed by seven at halftime in that game. It was their second win of the season, and the first came Sunday at Indiana. Brooklyn is 2-6, and Atlanta is the better team on the standings page. The Nets still took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter at New York on Monday before the Knicks outscored them 28-11 over the final period. Porter averages 21.4 points, and Julius Randle added 22 against the Hornets. Nolan Traore had 16 and Danny Wolf 13 in the same game, so the offense had help beyond its two headliners. Atlanta has Jock Landale, a center, and Asa Newell, a forward, ruled out, which thins the group that has to handle Porter and Randle on the glass. A price this long pays for the nights Brooklyn loses, and I'm on the Nets at these odds.