Dragic, Johnson Lead Heat To Victory Over Nets In Mexico City
Goran Dragic and Tyler Johnson each scored 20 points and Miami beat the Brooklyn Nets 101-89 on Saturday in the Heat's first game in Mexico in franchise history.
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Goran Dragic and Tyler Johnson each scored 20 points and Miami beat the Brooklyn Nets 101-89 on Saturday in the Heat's first game in Mexico in franchise history.
It's been quite some time since the Nets had half a day as fruitful as the 12 hours that culminated with an impressive 100-95 victory over Oklahoma City in Mexico late Thursday night.
Caris Levert scored 21 points, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 17 and Brooklyn overcame another strong performance by Russell Westbrook to beat Oklahoma City 100-95 on Thursday night in Mexico City.
Buried on the bench in Philly, Jahlil Okafor has a chance to prove in Brooklyn he's not a bust.
The Nets improved to 5-9 on the road. They didn't win their fifth away from home last season until early March.
Why bother patting the Nets on the back for, say, winning their fourth road game of the season last Wednesday in Dallas because it took until March to reach that not-so-impressive goal in 2016-17?
Spencer Dinwiddie had 15 points for Brooklyn, which has lost five of seven.
DeMarre Carroll put the Nets ahead for good at 78-76 on a 3-pointer with 2:03 remaining in the third quarter.
Houston led 66-55 at halftime and entered the fourth quarter with a 16-point lead.
The Brooklyn Nets snapped a three-game losing streak Sunday night with a victory over the struggling Memphis Grizzlies.
Damian Lillard scored 34, Jusuf Nurkic added 29, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from a six-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to edge the Brooklyn Nets 127-125 on Friday.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 20 and Joe Harris 18 for the Nets, who could do nothing in the final 12 minutes to stop James.
The New York City area has had a championship dry spell since, well, I submitted my first Thanksgiving post six years ago.
Stephen Curry had season highs with 39 points and 11 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors held on after he fouled out to beat the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night.
With D'Angelo Russell sidelined indefinitely after knee surgery, Spencer Dinwiddie stepped up for the Brooklyn Nets.
