Welcome back Ben Simmons.
His return showed just how much the Nets missed him.
With their only All-Star finally back on the floor, the Nets looked like an entirely different team — a better one.
He gave them pace, and a transition game — and a 147-114 rout of Utah before a crowd of 16,054 at Barclays Center on Monday night.
After missing 38 straight games with a nerve impingement in his back, Simmons played for the first time since Nov. 6.
But there was no rust, just playmaking and energy that the Nets had so sorely been lacking.
And it didn’t take him long to find his rhythm — just a couple of seconds.
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“When did I feel like I was back in business? When they let me play. When I was cleared to play,” said Simmons, who flirted with a triple-double. “I told them as soon as we checked in. They know what time it is.
