NBA Postpones 2 Brooklyn Nets Games Due To Players, Staff Entering League's Health & Safety Protocols
Brooklyn has 10 players — plus some staff — in the protocols.
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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.
The Nets, protecting their slim lead over Chicago for the best record in the Eastern Conference, improved to 8-0 following losses this season.
James Harden had 25 points for the Eastern Conference-leading Nets on a night when NBA leading scorer Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge both sat out for rest.
Kevin Durant scored 24 points, James Harden had 23 points and 12 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets beat Dallas 102-99 on Tuesday night, handing the Mavericks their fifth consecutive home loss.
The Bulls also beat the East-leading Nets on Nov. 8 and have clinched the season series.
Durant was 12 of 13 on free throws and Patty Mills added 23 points for the Nets, who won for the fifth time in six games and improved their Eastern Conference-leading record to 16-6.
In its 10th season, the matchup between teams just a few miles apart looked like a real rivalry.
The Nets put together a late push that allowed them to make the final score respectable on a night they had 20 turnovers, leading to 20 points.
It was Brooklyn's first visit to Boston since completing a Game 4 victory in the first round of last season's playoffs.
Kevin Durant returned to Brooklyn's lineup and scored 27 points, James Harden added 14 points and a season-high 14 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-112 on Monday.
