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Nets don’t miss rested Durant in 147-125 win over Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY: James Harden and Kyrie Irving each scored 25 points on Friday night (Saturday in Manila) to help Brooklyn roll past the Oklahoma City Thunder 147-125, as the Nets rested Kevin Durant.

Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (No. 13) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Darius Bazley (No. 7) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game
on Jan. 29, 2021 (January 30 in Manila) in Oklahoma City. AP PHOTO 

Nets coach Steve Nash said he was protecting Durant, the league’s No. 2 scorer. Brooklyn made the move work — the team shot 57 percent from the field and scored a season-high point total.

Theo Maledon, a 19-year-old rookie, scored 24 points and was perfect on six shots from 3-point range for the Thunder. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 points and Hamidou Diallo added 18 for Oklahoma City.

The Nets led by nine at the end of the first quarter, then scored the first 10 points of the second to take a 46-27 lead and force the Thunder to call a timeout.

The Nets kept it going after the interruption, scoring five more points before the Thunder got on the board in the quarter. It took the Thunder nearly 3½ minutes to score in the period.

The Nets led 76-59 at halftime — their season high point total for a first half and the most the Thunder have allowed in any half this season. Harden had 17 points on 6-for-8 shooting before the break.

Brooklyn made 15 of 23 shots in the third to take a 115-94 lead into the fourth quarter.

Tip-ins

Nets: Shot exactly 15 for 26 from the field in both the first and second quarters. … Held the Thunder to 33 percent shooting in the first quarter. … Former Thunder player Jeff Green scored 11 points for Brooklyn.
Thunder: G George Hill sat out with a sprained right thumb. … Dort made just 1 of 9 shots in the first half and 2 of 14 in the game. … Diallo made a career-high nine free throws on nine attempts.

Up next

The Thunder host the Houston Rockets on Monday.
The Nets visit the Washington Wizards on Sunday. AP

Durant sits against Oklahoma City

OKLAHOMA CITY: Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant rested against his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

Nets coach Steve Nash said Durant has had a heavy workload lately and needed to rest. Durant played 42 minutes in a win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday. The injury report lists Durant’s reason for sitting as his continued recovery from the surgery on his right Achilles tendon that caused him to miss last season.

Durant ranks second in the league with 30.5 points per game this season, and he’s also posting 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per contest. The Nets visit the Washington Wizards on Sunday.


Source: ManilaTimes
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