The Brooklyn Nets (2-1) had an interesting matchup on tap on Tuesday as they were facing guard Darius Acuff Jr. and the Sacramento Kings (1-2) for the second time this summer. There was the possibility that Brooklyn would be resting their young backcourt duo of Egor Demin and Mikel Brown Jr., but with both players suiting up, the Nets were able to come away with the victory.The Nets beat the Kings 115-83 thanks to a dominant first quarter in which Brooklyn opened the game with an extended 38-18 run due to their effort on the defensive end of the floor. Demin was the standout player for the Nets as he finished 22 points, eight assists, and four steals while guard Drake Powell had 18 points and two steals in his bounceback game of the summer.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAcuff weathered the storm of Brooklyn’s defensive barrage as he finished with 26 points and five assists despite having a tough time getting open in the beginning of the game. The Nets are still in the chase for a top-4 spot in the Las Vegas Summer League, but there is still a lot of basketball to play. Here are the Nets player grades following Tuesday’s win over the Kings:Brown did a good job of scoring from all over the floor despite facing tough defense from players like Darius Acuff Jr., who guarded him a fair amount throughout the game. There was a chance that Brown wasn’t going to play, but with him being able to go, that’s a good sign as to his overall health. While he was solid on defense, Brown had an issue with taking care of the basketball.It has already been said at this point that Demin has already shown all that he needs to for the Nets in the summer league at this point, but as long as he’s playing, he’ll be playing as hard as he can. Demin did a great job of scoring in a variety of ways, despite not being able to get most of his three-point shots to fall. Demin got to the free-throw line multiple times, set up his teammates for open shots repeatedly, and was impactful on the defensive end as well.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMuch has been made of Powell and his shooting struggles over the course of the summer circuit, with him recently addressing those very struggles to the media. This game looked like the one that Powell was waiting for as he seemingly couldn’t miss from three-point land while also being able to get to the basket and routinely making plays on the defensive end of the floor.Wolf had the second straight game where he looked like one of the best players on the court and it was due to his ability to finish around the basket and carve out space in the paint. Wolf wasn’t able to get anything to fall from behind the three-point line and get too involved in the rebounding phase of the game, but he was able to make up for that with his scoring.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJohnson started slowly in this game as players like Demin and Powell scoring most of the points in the early going, but he found his offense eventually. Johnso
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