Michael Porter Jr . is fueling a Brooklyn Nets turnaround while playing the best basketball of his career. The supposedly tanking squad won its third straight game with Porter Jr. in the lineup on Saturday, blowing out the New Orleans Pelicans 119-101 at Barclays Center.

Porter Jr. poured in 35 points on 14-of-23 shooting from the field and 5-of-10 from three during the win. The game marked his third-straight 30-point performance after he scored 33 and 35 during victories over the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls, respectively.

Porter Jr. became the first player in Nets history to record 30-plus points, five-plus rebounds, and five-plus three-pointers in three straight games.

“He makes his teammates’ lives better. He doesn’t play in a selfish way,” Jordi Fernandez said. “The sho

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