C Brook Lopez's availability to play at New York on the second end of a back-to-back will be determined by coach Kenny Atkinson on Wednesday. Lopez sat out the second part of a back-to-back Oct. 28 in Milwaukee.

C Brook Lopez led the Nets with 18 points but shot 3 of 13 after making his first four shots. "Nothing was really going down, and that's not something we can have," Lopez said.

C Brook Lopez hit a career-high four 3-pointers and scored 34 points and the Nets took control in the first half before holding on for a 109-101 victory over the Detroit Pistons Wednesday night.Lopez hit four 3-pointers during a 71-point first half. Before Wednesday, he had made 4 of 38 3-pointers in his first 491 regular-season games but with the Nets looking to shoot more from the behind the arc, Lopez has been encouraged to take long-distance shots.

C Brook Lopez had 13 points in 22 minutes Monday after resting Saturday.

C Brook Lopez played against his brother C Robin Lopez, now with the Bulls, for the 14th time Monday.

C Brook Lopez sat out against the Bucks as coach Kenny Atkinson tries to limit Lopez's minutes early in the season. "This doesn't mean he won't play back-to-backs the rest of the year," Atkinson said. "We will look at each back-to-back and see what is best for him and the team."

C Brook Lopez will not play for the rest of the season, ending his eighth NBA season having played in 73 games. Lopez said Brooklyn GM Sean Marks called him Tuesday to say the decision was precautionary. Besides Lopez, the Nets also are shutting down F Thaddeus Young for the rest of the season.Lopez finished his season averaging 20.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 73 games.

C Brook Lopez turned 28 on Friday. His 20.4-point average against the Knicks marks his second highest points per game against any Eastern Conference opponent. Friday night's game marked the 13th head-to-head matchup between the Lopez brothers, Robin of the Knicks and Brook of the Nets. The twins had split the first 12 meetings.

C Brook Lopez and SF Rondae Hollis-Jefferson were given the night off to rest. Former Cavs Henry Sims and Wayne Ellington started in place of them. It was Sims' first start of the season. He is on his second 10-day contract with the Nets.

C Brook Lopez had 24 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks and three steals in Brooklyn's early season loss in Orlando. He became one of only four players in history with at least 25 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks or more in a game against the Magic in Orlando. The others were Patrick Ewing, David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon.

C Brook Lopez had 26 points Monday in the loss to the Heat.

C Brook Lopez was hot in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 120-110 win over Indiana when he made his final five shots and scored 14 of his 23 points. Lopez had 40 games with at least 20 points this season and the 14 points scored in the fourth equaled a career high. He also had 14 in the fourth quarters on April 3 against Toronto and Jan. 16, 2015 at Washington. "He's a dominant post player," Brooklyn interim coach Tony Brown said. "Anytime he can get both feet in the paint, he's as good as anybody with his size at finishing plays. He has a wonderful touch in the paint."

C Brook Lopez scored 22 points during Brooklyn's 104-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday and finished the game in second place on the franchise's all-time scoring list. When he hit a 10-footer in the final minute, it gave him 8,335 points, one more than Vince Carter's total. Buck Williams is the team's top scorer with 10,440 points. Lopez finished with 20-plus points for the 39th time, his second-most 20-point games in a season. He had 45 such games during the 2010-11 season.

C Brook Lopez helped the Nets' comeback by scoring 10 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday.

C Brook Lopez finished with 20 points but was scoreless in the fourth quarter Sunday.

C Brook Lopez scored 24 points for Brooklyn (18-47), which lost for the fifth time in six games.

C Brook Lopez finished with a team-high 35 points and added seven blocks and five rebounds in Brooklyn's 104-99 loss at Toronto on Tuesday. The 27-year-old California native entered the contest averaging 20.8 points per game in 20 career regular-season meetings with the Raptors.Lopez Lopez became the first player in the NBA this season to score 35-plus points and block five-plus shots in the same game.

C Brook Lopez scored 20 points, including a game-winning tip-in with four-tenths of a second left in overtime, and Brooklyn defeated the Nuggets 121-120 on Friday. "We were trying to get into a pick-and-role, Shane made a great move and beat (Emmanuel) Mudiay off the dribble and drew (Nikola) Jokic," Lopez said. "I went to crash the basket and it came back out."

C Brook Lopez scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds before fouling out with 2:43 remaining in the Nets' loss to the Lakers on Tuesday. Lopez, who was born in North Hollywood, averaged 24.1 points per game in 11 previous meetings against the Lakers, the highest output by any Nets player ever.

C Brook Lopez collected 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets in a road loss to the Clippers on Monday.