By Ben Couch (@viewfromcouch)
BROOKLYN—Joe Johnson couldn’t sleep. Couldn’t really breathe through the congestion and couldn’t pretend he was fine as the sun started leaking out across Friday morning,

Johnson phoned the Brooklyn Nets’ training staff “probably 5 or 6 in the morning” to let them know he was sick. They got him medication, he got rest and the Nets got 19 points in a 99-79 victory against the Suns at Barclays Center.

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A night after pulling down a career-best 23 rebounds in Philadelphia, Reggie Evans snagged a game-high 15 against Phoenix...The Nets' bench, led by MarShon Brooks (17 points) and Andray Blatche (15 points), outscored an opponent for a fifith straight game...Brooklyn outscored Phoenix 46-32 on points in the paint...The Suns' 26-point second half represented an opponent season-low.

Brooklyn Nets

G · Deron Williams	G · Joe Johnson	F · Gerald Wallace	F · Reggie Evans	C · Brook Lopez
NOTES Joe Johnson (illness) is a GAMETIME DECISION. Mirza Teletovic (illness) is a GAMETIME DECISION. Jerry Stackhouse (sore right hamstring) is OUT.

Phoenix Suns

G · Goran Dragic	G · Jared Dudley	F · P.J. Tucker	F · Luis Scola	C · Marcin Gortat
NOTES Channing Frye (enlarged heart) is OUT.

By Ben Couch, brooklynnets.com

Reggie Evans just boards. A blue-collar player for a blue-collar town, the kind of player who says scoring doesn't matter to him and means it.

Against the 76ers on Tuesday, Evans again focused his energies on rebounding every errant shot, and pulled down a career-best 23 boards in just 27 minutes, sitting out the fourth quarter with the game out of hand.

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