The Brooklyn Nets should think about making another franchise move - to London.
The Nets improved to 3-0 in regular-season NBA games in the British capital with a 127-110 win on Thursday over the Atlanta Hawks.
Joe Johnson, who spent seven years with the Hawks, led the way for the Nets at the O2 Arena. The Brooklyn guard scored 26 of his game-high 29 points in the first half and nailed two buzzer-beating three-pointers.
"We just exploited mismatches. I was just feeding off these guys," Johnson said. "We had a lot of ball movement and took a lot of open shots."
Three years ago, the then-New Jersey Nets played regular-season games at the O2 venue, beating the Raptors twice.
Last year, the New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons in the third regular-season game to be played in London.
On Thursday, both teams had five players scoring in double digits.
Andray Blatche added 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Nets, while Paul Pierce contributed 18 points, Alan Anderson 15 and Kevin Garnett 12.
"The ball was moving, guys were looking for each other and finding each other," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. "Joe has been off the charts. Not just (the) last few games but the whole season."
Mike Scott and Shelvin Mack, off the bench, led the Hawks with 17 points each. Jeff Teague scored 16 points, Paul Millsap had 13 and Pero Antic 11.
The Hawks stayed close for the first quarter, but the Nets started to pull away. Anderson started an 8-0 run early in the quarter, with Pierce contributing two lay-ups and Blatche finishing it off with a putback to make it 39-30.
Johnson ended the half with a three-pointer on the buzzer to make it 65-53. And the Nets pulled further away in the third quarter, Johnson again finishing with a buzzer-beating three to take the score out to 99-74.
Johnson has scored 20 or more points in four straight games.
During a third-quarter break, Beatles great Paul McCartney's face flashed up on the big screen. As the crowd roared, several youngsters jumped into the frame. McCartney, sitting behind the Nets' bench, squirmed his way through them to get his face back up on the giant monitor as "Hey Jude" blared inside the venue.
