It was a tale of two halves for Team USA Thursday morning but by game’s end, the Americans, led by Kevin Durant, were one game away from their fourth straight Olympic gold medal. Following two.
Nets complete five-game, 11-day road trip in Chicago
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Well, that was a relief. After being down 21 points and looking at the distinct possibility of a five-game losing streak, the Nets were revived by Kyrie Irving and Blake Griffin, then Kevin Durant as the Nets beat the Denver Nuggets, 125-119, giving them a 29-3 record in games when they score 120 or more points.
Meanwhile, the Bulls are currently in 11th place in the East with little chance of getting into the play-in tournament. They’ll go into tonight’s game 10 games below .500 and two and a half games back of the 10th place Wizards with four to play. They have won three straight, however, beating the Hornets by 18, the Celtics by 22 and the Pistons by 12.
How the Bucks mini-series sweep over the Nets impacted the Sixers
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Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo (middle) drives to the basket between Brooklyn Nets Jeff Green (left) and Kevin Durant (right). The Bucks won the game.(AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
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The fight for the top seed in the Eastern Conference is going down to the final games of the season, and the outcome of a recent back-to-back series between the Nets and the Milwaukee Bucks had a significant impact on playoff seeding both both teams and the Sixers.
In one of the more anticipated games of the season, the Bucks defeated the Nets Tuesday 124-118, capping off a mini-series sweep.
The chase for No. 1 seed: The ‘tricky balance’ of health vs. seeding
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The Nets have long been hopeful they’d enter the home stretch of the regular season with a gloriously healthy roster, their eyes focused on forging chemistry late and playing to the best of their ability when the games count when the ball goes up in the post-season.
No such luck.
Brooklyn has entered the home stretch with a shallow roster and a lengthy injury report with 13 games remaining. Still . as they deal with injuries with different timetables while banking on emerging play from the “stay-ready group” to keep the ship afloat, the
Philadelphia 76ers take significant step toward East s top seed with win over Brooklyn Nets
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Embiid fakes defender for big finish at the rim (0:18)
Joel Embiid uses a shot fake to shed his defender, then hurries to the basket to flush a two-handed dunk for the Sixers. (0:18)
Before the Philadelphia 76ers squared off with the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday night to see who would end up atop the Eastern Conference at the end of the night, Sixers coach Doc Rivers was asked whether he has made getting the top seed in the East a priority for his team this season. We really haven t talked about it a lot, Rivers said. We re just talking about winning games.