Brian Lewis

Noah Clowney hadn’t just been waiting for a breakout performance. He’d been working toward one. The Nets young big finally got it on Monday.

Dennis Schroder at 31 and on a team-friendly $13 million expiring deal, he’s going to elicit interest from contenders around the league.

Cameron Johnson hasn’t turned the ball over in any of the past seven games, making him the first player in NBA history to log at least 30 minutes without a giveaway in seven straight tilts.

Monday is Veterans Day. But it’s a different group of vets — the older leaders on the Nets roster — that are behind Brooklyn’s surprising start.

Nic Claxton and Ben Simmons haven’t started together so far this season.

The Nets played a back-to-back at the NBA’s reigning champions and league’s only unbeaten. They led both late, before falling agonizingly short.

Kenny Atkinson admitted there was a little extra incentive, extra emotion, and just plain extra when he faced the Nets on Saturday night.

During the Big 3 era, and even last year, when the Nets won, it was more on talent than toughness. It’s early, but so far this season, it’s the other way around.

He grabbed eight boards, handed out three assists, notched a couple of steals and blocked a shot in a season-high 26:38. 

The Nets are getting closer to full health, as their center Nic Claxton is inching closer to a full workload.