Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, the Nets might be the Charlie Brownest.

Heading into the game — as it is with so many Nets games these days — the question was not if the Nets’ frontcourt could match up. Brook Lopez & Thaddeus Young have been the two best Nets players by a Brooklyn mile this season, and though Myles Turner has proven to be a formidable player in his rookie season, the Nets match up well with most NBA frontcourts. Wins hinge on the rest of the team’s performance: how well the wings defend and score, if the bench maintains a baseline level of play, if the Nets can get a golden game from Shane Larkin or Donald Sloan.

Though the Pacers jumped out early, hitting three clean looks from three-point range in the first five minutes en route to a quick 17-9 lead, they didn’t hold on to it long. A few careless mistakes — a bad pass here, an airballed corner 3 there, another pass thrown out of bounds — and it seemed like the Nets had a real shot to compete for 48 minutes.

Well, at least for the first 15 minutes.

The Pacers poured it on in the second and third quarter, maintaining a comfortable double-digit lead for most of the game behind Noted Nets Destroyer C.J. Miles, elite two-way forward Paul George, and a balanced offensive effort that created numerous open three-pointers and easy shots at the rim by exploiting Brooklyn’s porous interior defense.

The Nets got as close as seven in the third quarter, but a couple of trips to the line and some awkward Nets offensive possessions pushed the Pacers lead right back into double-digits, and that was pretty much all she wrote.

You’ve seen this game before numerous times this season, and you’ll probably see it many more times… if you can stomach watching.

Brook Lopez

B-

The stats: 21 PTS, 6-13 FG, 9-14 FT, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK

Lopez opened the game by badly missing a corner 3, the 23rd miss in 24 career attempts from beyond the arc and his second in as many games, but that was just about the worst thing he did on the night. There’s just not much Lopez can do in this situation but try to pile on points, which is what he did in the first half, notching 18 quick and easy ones, mostly in the paint.

But with the game mostly out of hand and Joe Johnson supplying the offense in the third quarter, Lopez quietly closed the game without making much of an impact in the last two quarters.