Report: Kyrie Irving returning to Nets in 2022-23
The seven-time All-Star averaged 27.4 points and 5.8 assists this past season.
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The seven-time All-Star averaged 27.4 points and 5.8 assists this past season.
Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, Jaylen Brown had 22 and Boston held on for a 116-112 victory on Monday.
The Nets face a team that just won't let them get anything going.
The series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3 on Saturday night.
Jayson Tatum made a layup as time expired to give Boston a dramatic 115-114 victory on Sunday.
The Nets were in 10th place not long ago but don't look like an underdog right now.
The Nets will host No. 8 Cleveland on Tuesday in the play-in tournament, with the winner moving into the playoffs.
Brooklyn's superstar scored 36 points, leading a pair of fourth-quarter surges, in the 118-107 victory.
The Nets swept the four-game season series and beat the Knicks for the seventh straight time.
With Cleveland, Atlanta and Charlotte all losing, the Nets climbed into a tie for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Kevin Durant earned a new scoring record, though it was the Atlanta Hawks who celebrated with a postgame toast.
Kevin Durant had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, but missed a 3-pointer that would have won it.
The Nets have won six straight games against the Pistons.
Guard had 16 points and tied his season high with 11 assists but shot 6 for 22 from the field in the 119-110 loss.
He apparently intends to play home games with the Nets for years to come.
