Kevin Durant scored 27 points, including the go-ahead basket late in the fourth quarter, as the visiting Brooklyn Nets rallied for a 117-112 victory over the Cl
Kevin Durant scored 27 points, including the go-ahead basket late in the fourth quarter, as the visiting Brooklyn Nets rallied for a 117-112 victory over the Cl
Nets look to secure East s No. 2 seed with win over Cavaliers
Field Level Media
16 May 2021, 22:40 GMT+10
For the first time in over three months, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving shared the floor together with the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday in a 105-91 win against the Chicago Bulls.
It was a slow start, but ultimately a positive outcome, that kept Brooklyn in second place in the Eastern Conference standings. The Nets can secure the No. 2 seed Sunday night if they beat the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers or if the Milwaukee Bucks (46-25) lose to the Bulls (30-41).
The Nets (47-24) own a one-game lead over the third-place Bucks, who hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. Brooklyn dropped a two-game series in Milwaukee on May 2-4 as part of a four-game losing streak when Harden was recovering from a strained right hamstring that cost him 18 games.
Nets compete for second seed as they complete season vs. Cavaliers
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As Steve Nash said, it wasn’t a great game, in part because the “Big Three” scored only 39 points with Kyrie Irving the only who came close to his season stats. But there are no separate columns for “disappointing wins” or “moral victories” and the Nets came away with a big win over Chicago and enter the final regular season game still the second seed. A win tonight over the Cavaliers at Barclays Center would secure that. The Bucks, meanwhile, are also on the back end of a back-to-back facing the Bulls in Chicago. More on the permutations later.
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