With the Brooklyn Nets' leading the Washington Wizards by more than 30 points in the fourth quarter on Friday, their third-string center got a chance to play. But the third-string center was Timofey Mozgov, not Jahlil Okafor.

Despite the blowout and some calls for him from the Brooklyn crowd, Okafor got his fifth DNP in six games with the Nets. And from the words of coach Kenny Atkinson and GM Sean Marks, it may be January before Okafor plays again.

The New York Post's Brian Lewis has the story: