Durant, Harden Lead Nets To 26 Point Win Over Bulls
Brooklyn rolled to an easy win over Chicago, beating the Bulls 138-112 Wednesday night in a matchup between the Eastern Conference's top two teams.
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Brooklyn rolled to an easy win over Chicago, beating the Bulls 138-112 Wednesday night in a matchup between the Eastern Conference's top two teams.
Kyrie Irving started in his second game of the season and finished with 22 points. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets.
The Brooklyn Nets just needed any home win, so they weren't about to complain when one that appeared to be coming easily almost didn't come at all.
Kevin Durant had 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Nets, who have lost five straight home games.
Irving is ineligible to play home games because he is not vaccinated as mandated in New York City, and the Nets had decided against allowing him to just play road games for most of the season. But they changed their mind last month and were glad they did Wednesday, when Irving helped them charge back from a 19-point deficit.
Ja Morant scored 36 points and five Grizzlies scored in double figures as Memphis extended its winning streak to five games with a 118-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.
The Nets routed the Clippers 124-108 without Durant in Los Angeles on Monday behind 39 points and 15 assists from Harden. But they couldn't shake free after opening a series of double-digit leads in the second half.
Durant had 33 points in his first game in two weeks, having missed three games in health and safety protocols.
Nic Claxton threw down a tiebreaking alley-oop over LeBron James with 40.7 seconds left, and James Harden and the Nets returned from a week-long COVID hiatus to beat the Lakers.
Brooklyn has 10 players — plus some staff — in the protocols.
Eastern Conference-leading Brooklyn dropped to 21-9. The Nets had won four in a row.
Irving has missed the entire season after the team told him to stay home unless he gets vaccinated.
Kevin Durant scored 34 points, making a four-point play with the game tied and 1:46 left, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-105 on Thursday night for another short-handed victory.
Brooklyn won its third straight, with Patty Mills adding 30 points.
With James Harden resting, Durant scored at least 10 points in all four quarters of the Nets' 116-104 win.
