By Dan Dugger | July 11, 2008



Orlando, Fla. – After Friday's performance, it's probably a given that Nets center Brook Lopez will find himself on the Orlando Pro Summer League First Team.

The seven-footer scored a game-high 25 points on 8-for-13 shooting as New Jersey topped the Indiana Pacers 107-99.

Once again, Lopez got things going early, scoring six points in the opening quarter, helping New Jersey to a 24-21 advantage at the end of one.

But Lopez found himself in foul trouble early on, when he committed his fourth personal foul with 7:28 left in the second quarter. He finished with seven fouls.

According to the Orlando Pro Summer League rules, a player cannot foul out, but for each personal foul in excess of six, the opposing team receives two free throws and the ball.

With Lopez resting, the Pacers went to work in the second quarter. Led by guard Ali Berdiel, who scored eight points on 3-for-3 shooting in the quarter, the Pacers outscored the Nets 17-5 to start the quarter, forcing New Jersey summer league head coach Tom Barrise to call a timeout with Indiana leading, 40-30.

Whatever was said in the New Jersey huddle must have hit home with guard Chris Douglas-Roberts. The 6-foot-7 guard scored eight points in a span of 2:25, to tie the game at 42. CDR netted 11 points in the first half, and the Nets led 48-47 at the half.

With team president Rod Thorn and general manager Kiki Vandeweghe looking on, Lopez got right back to work in the second half, once again showing his tremendous range connecting on an 18-foot jumper from the top of the key. With just under seven minutes to go in the third, Lopez displayed his athleticism, catching an alley-oop pass one- handed from teammate Sean Williams and flushing it down.

Teammate Ryan Anderson, who chipped in 20 points, joined in on the dunk party later in the third. Cutting middle, Anderson caught a pass from guard Brian Hamilton and flushed it down two-handed, drawing a foul and quite a reaction from the spectators. The ensuing free throw tied the game at 70.

Thanks to spectacular shooting, the Pacers kept things close throughout the quarter, and only trailed by one heading into the final frame, 75-76.

Indiana's hot shooting (57 percent for the game) couldn't negate their turnover problem. The Pacers committed 21 turnovers which led to 30 New Jersey points.

The Nets had five players score in double figures while guard Stephen Graham led Indiana with 16 points.