Irving Gets Hot In Fourth As Nets Outscore Hawks
The opener of a two-game series was the third game in Nets franchise history where both teams had 100 points through three quarters.
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The opener of a two-game series was the third game in Nets franchise history where both teams had 100 points through three quarters.
Gordon Hayward had 28 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets handed the Brooklyn Nets their first loss of the season, 106-104 on Sunday night.
Durant shook off 18 months of rust in a matter of moments and finished with 22 points in 25 minutes of his first official game since rupturing his Achilles tendon while playing for Golden State in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors were trying to extend their stay atop the NBA when he crumbled to the court with a ruptured Achilles tendon on June 10, 2019.
Shamet, 23, is entering his third season. He split his rookie year between Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and spent all of last season with the Clippers.
Steve Nash was a leader, a guy who loved to get the best out of his teammates on the court and build relationships with them off it.
The franchise announced Thursday that Steve Nash has been named the 23rd head coach in franchise history.
Cliff Robinson, born in Buffalo NY, guided UConn out from the bottom and almost helped take the Portland Trail Blazers to the top.
Norman Powell scored 29 points and the Toronto Raptors steamrolled into the Eastern Conference semifinals by routing the Brooklyn Nets 150-122 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep.
Tyler Johnson led the Nets with 23 points. Caris LeVert scored 15, Chris Chiozza had 14 points off the bench and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot had 10.
The seventh-seeded Nets now face a tough 2-0 hole.
Fred VanVleet scored 30 points as the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 134-110 in the opening game of their first-round playoff series Monday.
Lillard did it all to give Portland a spot in the NBA's first play-in series, scoring 42 points to help the Trail Blazers escape with a 134-133 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.
The Nets improved to 5-2 in the league's restart in Orlando with a win over the hometown Magic.
Caris LeVert had 27 points and 13 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets used the best-shooting quarter in the NBA this season to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 129-120 on Sunday night.
