Durant almost singlehandedly leads Nets Over Knicks
Superstar scores 53 points in 110-107 victory, minus Irving, Simmons, Harris and Aldridge
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Superstar scores 53 points in 110-107 victory, minus Irving, Simmons, Harris and Aldridge
Seth Curry added 24 points, and Kyrie Irving had 22 for the Nets.
Irving became one of 22 players in NBA history with five 50-point games, according to Basketball Reference.
Kevin Durant scores 37, Kyrie Irving adds 19, but it's not nearly enough as Brooklyn falls 126-120
The Nets are 32-32. They were 5-16 without Durant, tumbling from second place in the Eastern Conference to eighth.
James Johnson scored 19 points, Seth Curry had 18 and LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 for the Nets.
Brooklyn falls 133-97 without Durant, Irving, Simmons and Harris
Brooklyn ended a two-game skid and won for just the third time in 16 games.
Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons and Goran Dragic all watched from the bench.
Patty Mills scored 22 points, and Cam Thomas added 20 for the Nets, coming off a comeback victory at New York on Wednesday night.
Seth Curry added 20 points and Andre Drummond grabbed 19 rebounds, most by a Nets player this season, in their second game with the Nets after coming with Ben Simmons in the trade for James Harden.
Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving's vaccination status became the topic of conversation at City Hall on Wednesday.
In his first game as a member of the Nets, Seth Curry scored 23 points to lead Brooklyn to a 109-85 win over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.
Irving scored 20 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to help the Nets rally from a 21-point, third-quarter deficit before dropping their 11th straight game.
Kyrie Irving scored 31 points as the only star on the Nets' makeshift roster as Brooklyn's season-worst skid extended to 10 games.