LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – Kevin Durant completed with 25 factors, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, Seth Curry added 24 factors and 5 steals and the Brooklyn Nets crushed the hosts Philadelphia 76ers 129-100 on Thursday (March 10).
Kyrie Irving scored 22 factors whereas James Johnson had 16 factors and 5 blocked photographs. Bruce Brown Jr. added 11 factors and Patty Mills had 10 for the Nets.
The Nets had been 18 of 40 from three-point territory.
This was the primary matchup since final month’s blockbuster commerce that despatched James Harden and Paul Millsap to the Sixers for Curry, Andre Drummond, Ben Simmons and two first-round draft picks. Simmons didn’t play, however sat on the bench and was booed all through the sport.
Joel Embiid led the Sixers with 27 factors and 12 rebounds, and Tobias Harris added 16 factors. Harden had 11 and handed Reggie Miller into sole possession of third place all-time for profession three-pointers made. But Harden shot three of 17 general from the sphere.
Georges Niang additionally scored 11 and DeAndre Jordan had 10 because the Sixers fell for the primary time in six video games with Embiid and Harden each taking part in.
The Nets by no means trailed and constructed a 40-23 lead after the primary quarter. They prolonged the hole to 72-51 at half-time thanks largely to 64.4 per cent capturing and Durant’s 18 factors.
Conversely, the Sixers shot simply 27.1 per cent within the first half regardless of Embiid’s 21 factors.
When Drummond scored within the low submit with 3min 42sec remaining within the third quarter, the Nets prolonged their benefit to 96-67.
Brooklyn held a commanding 102-70 lead on the finish of the third, and Irving opened the fourth with a three-pointer, the Nets’ 14th of the sport, for a 35-point benefit.
Facing such a big deficit, Sixers head coach Doc Rivers began the fourth quarter with 5 bench gamers. Philadelphia’s frustration bubbled over when Shake Milton was whistled for a technical foul with 9:18 remaining.
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