Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson has had to step up this season after several players have left the team. Johnson's usage rate has climbed since his arrival in Brooklyn, and that has given him one of the best valued contracts in the NBA,

Cam Johnson returned from a five-game absence with a right ankle sprain and scored 24 points in the Brooklyn Nets' 132-114 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

The Nets got that win as they beat the Trail Blazers 132-114 thanks to Brooklyn getting healthier with the returns of Johnson and Russell. Johnson came back like he never left to the tune of 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field while Noah Clowney bounced back for an all-around outing of 20 points,

Source: Twitter @erikslater_ Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Nets tonight at Portland: - Cameron Johnson and D'Angelo Russell are playing first game in 12 days - Ben Simmons will play (Simmons has not played both games of a back-to-back all season,