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LONDON — Brook Lopez scored 25 points and New Jersey ended a six-game losing streak with a 116-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday in the first regular-season game in Europe.
Kris Humphries had 18 points and 17 rebounds, and Deron Williams earned his first win since being acquired from the Utah Jazz last week, adding 16 points and 11 assists.
“These games are great for global basketball, great for the NBA,” Williams said.
Toronto led 81-78 at the end of the third quarter, but Jordan Farmar hit two consecutive 3-pointers to start the fourth, and Sundiata Gaines added seven points in a decisive 20-6 run sparked by the Nets’ reserves.
