While losses are piling up for the Brooklyn Nets this season, Noah Clowney continues to deliver breakout performances. With Michael Porter Jr. sidelined during Thursday's 123-110 loss to the Utah Jazz, Clowney poured in 29 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the field and 3-of-6 from three. The third-year forward set career-highs in free throws made (10) and attempted (12).

Clowney is playing the best stretch of basketball of his career, drawing increased attention from opposing defenses, especially when Porter Jr. is sidelined.

“I know I've got to be more aggressive when [Mike's] not playing,” Clowney said postgame. “In the three games he hasn't played, it's felt like I was a focal point of the other team, and they were treating me like a number one option. And I've haven't been a numbe

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