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In the past 12 games, the Brooklyn Nets small forward T.J. Warren has averaged 15.3 points whenever he has topped 23 minutes. And in the past seven, he has averaged 18.0 any time he has hit that mark.

“We want guys just to use their minutes to play as hard as possible,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said. “I told the guys, ‘Don’t play like you’re playing 30 minutes, play like you’re playing 15 minutes.’ Give that effort, give that discipline, and we’ll build from there.”