Durant, Harris Lead Nets To Win Over Hornets
The Nets connected on 51% of their 3-pointers (21 for 41), with Harris (6 for 9) and Shamet (6 for 11) leading the way.
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The Nets connected on 51% of their 3-pointers (21 for 41), with Harris (6 for 9) and Shamet (6 for 11) leading the way.
The Nets forward is retiring from the league after 15 years revealing that he played his last game with an irregular heartbeat and saying it's time he put his health and family first.
Harden is out with a strained right hamstring and Durant got a night off after playing 27 minutes against the Timberwolves.
The game was rescheduled from the previous night, out of sensitivity to the community following the traffic-stop death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
The Lakers had led most of the way and were ahead 66-62 when Irving fouled Schroder with 9:41 left in the third.
Durant returned from a 23-game absence to spark Brooklyn's most explosive half of the season, finishing with 17 points on 5-for-5 shooting in the Nets' rout of the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.
Kyrie Irving scored 40 points, Jeff Green made two free throws with 3.7 seconds left and the Nets overcame the early loss of James Harden to beat the Knicks 114-112.
Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Zach LaVine added 25 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-107 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.
LaMarcus Aldridge made his Nets debut and found playing in the post to be a breeze on a team so potent from the perimeter.
Admittedly down in the doldrums, the Brooklyn Nets were behind by 18 points in less than five minutes. By the end of the night, they were on top of the Eastern Conference.
James Harden had 38 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, tying the Nets' single-season record with his 12th triple-double in just 32 games, and Brooklyn held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-107.
Reports say seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge will sign with the Nets, and the Nets might not be done adding big name players.
Blake Griffin seemed to be in the middle of everything in his return to Detroit.
The Jazz jumped to a 21-point lead in the first quarter against the depleted Nets, who never really threatened to make it a competitive game.
James Harden had 25 points and 17 assists to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 116-112 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
