Nets’ Harris lighting it up from deep

Joe Harris may not be a star, but he’s still got plenty of gravity — enough pull to stretch defenses out of shape, and help the Nets win.

That’s never been more apparent than in this restart.

Harris scored 21 points in Friday’s playoff-clinching win over Sacramento. He grabbed four rebounds, handed out four assists and shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range to disrupt the Kings defense.

“Joe is Joe. He’s a 3-point champion,” center Jarrett Allen said. “As long as I’m giving him the ball and he’s shooting and getting my assists up, I’m going to be happy just seeing him shoot. Every time he goes up, I’m thinking it’s going in.

“That’s one of the greatest shooters I’ve ever seen and not only shooting but being able to have the ability to drive the ball. Defenders have to play him honest.”

And that forced honesty has made the Nets more dangerous. They handed out 30 assists against the Kings to just nine turnovers. So far in the restart, they’re second in assist-toturnover ratio, and third in both assist percentage and assist ratio.

Much of that is due to the floor spacing of Harris, set to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

Playing four of the Nets’ five restart games in Orlando, Harris has shot 61.2 percent overall, and a white-hot 56 percent from behind the arc. He’s earned a raise from this year’s $7.6 million salary, but keeping him should be a Nets priority.

“Joe is drawing so much attention,” Tyler Johnson said.

Harris extended his streak of games with a 3-pointer made to 58, the second-longest streak in team history behind D’Angelo Russell’s 61-game run last season, and the second-longest streak in the league this season next to Buddy Hield.