Nets center Nic Claxton is still on a path back to the team’s starting lineup after beginning the regular season with a hamstring injury.

Nic Claxton could return to the Nets starting lineup next week as he continues to progress back from a preseason hamstring injury.

"Right now, it's important for him that he goes through the back-to-back [tonight] and he feels good," Nets coach Jordi Fernandez said.

Nic Claxton finally got his first start of the season, after missing the whole preseason. And he looked like himself in a 106-104 victory over Memphis. “Just effort, execution, grit. It was a great game,