The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 111-95, at Barclays Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Hornets (3-0) pushed their undefeated start to the season at three games with a commanding victory over the Nets (1-2), as Steve Nash's team simply didn't have answers for Charlotte on both ends of the court. Despite the final outcome, it's worth noting the Nets got off to a stronger start and jumped out to a 31-27 lead following the first 12 minutes -- and in fact, they made it an eight-point game following a 27-23 score in the second quarter. Charlotte responded in the second half and outscored Brooklyn by nine (29-20) in the third, but the differential was just one point with 12 minutes left to play. The Hornets would pull away for good in the final 12 minutes -- they outscored the Nets 32-17 in the fourth to race out to what ended being a comfortable win, even if things were extremely tight during the majority of the contest.

Miles Bridges delivered an impressive overall performance Sunday and led Charlotte with a 32-point performance that also included nine rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. LaMelo Ball had 18 points, five rebounds and five assists, while Ish Smith added 15 points, four boards and four dimes off the bench. Cody Martin had 12 points and five assists off the bench as well. Kelly Oubre Jr. had nine points and nine rebounds in his first start of the campaign.

Kevin Durant carried the Nets offensively with an excellent performance of 38 points (17-24 FG) while adding five rebounds and three assists, while James Harden registered 15 points, eight dimes and seven boards. No other Brooklyn player scored in double digits. Joe Harris had seven points, and LaMarcus Aldridge had nine points off the bench.