Short-handed with Harden deal pending, Nets still beat Knicks
Kevin Durant scored 26 points as the solo superstar before soon centring a Big Three, leading the Brooklyn Nets, short-handed after agreeing to a trade for James Harden, to a 116-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
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NEW YORK James Harden might soon be in Brooklyn and Kyrie Irving could soon be back, giving the Nets a potentially tantalizing trio.
Kevin Durant s focus was on something else Wednesday. We really wanted this game tonight and everybody played like that, Durant said.
Durant, Nets win while short-handed with Harden deal pending
By BRIAN MAHONEYJanuary 14, 2021 GMT
Kevin Durant’s focus was on something else Wednesday.
“We really wanted this game tonight and everybody played like that,” Durant said.
Especially the solo superstar poised to soon be fronting a brand new Big Three.
Durant scored 26 points to lead the Nets short-handed after agreeing to a trade for Harden to a 116-109 victory over the New York Knicks.
Durant was already scheduled to play on both nights of a back-to-back for the first time since surgery to repair his Achilles tendon. He maybe had to do a little more than planned after the Nets shook up their roster earlier in the day with a four-team blockbuster centered around the acquisition of Harden, the three-time NBA scoring champion.
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