Durant Scores 25, Nets Hand Wizards First Loss
Kevin Durant scored 25 points and the Brooklyn Nets bounced back from a poor finish a day earlier with a blistering start that sent them to a 104-90 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.
Kevin Durant scored 25 points and the Brooklyn Nets bounced back from a poor finish a day earlier with a blistering start that sent them to a 104-90 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.
Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson recorded double-doubles for the Knicks, who lost their first game after opening the season with consecutive wins.
Miles Bridges had 32 points and nine rebounds, Ish Smith added 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Brooklyn Nets 111-95 on Sunday.
Tom Thibodeau certainly has plenty to be pleased about these days, with his Knicks off to a 2-0 start for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
Durant made two free throws to seal Brooklyn's comeback from 14 points down.
The Knicks showed off more offensive punch than last season's team that finished 41-31 in its first season under Coach of the Year Tom Thibodeau, making the playoffs for the first time since 2013.
The Nets were missing star guard Kyrie Irving, who isn't with the team due to his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Durant played all 53 minutes and forced OT with a turnaround jumper that was just inches from being a 3-pointer that would have won it with a second left.
Game 7 will be Saturday night in Brooklyn. The home team has won each of the first six games in this series.
It could have been the best individual effort in the Hall-of-Fame career of Kevin Durant. Few players are capable of putting up a 49-point game, but he also did it when the franchise needed it most.
With James Harden returning but delivering little offense and Kyrie Irving out, Durant played all 48 minutes and shot 16 for 23 from the field.
The Nets, who are without Kyrie Irving on Tuesday, had James Harden also as out in their injury report Monday but upgraded him twice on Tuesday, first to doubtful and then to questionable.
First they lost James Harden, then Kyrie Irving, and finally the Brooklyn Nets lost their lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Bucks erased a 2-0 deficit by winning two straight in Milwaukee. Game 5 is Tuesday night at Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn had its lowest scoring output of the season.
Adams briefly spoke to a gaggle of reporters waiting for him outside the cathedral in Queens, where the mayor was attending an event to celebrate a new reverend.
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Knicks to trade Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and first-round pick to Timberwolves for Karl-Anthony Town, report says
Rhys Hoskins hit a grand slam off Sean Manaea in the first inning and the Mets went on to an 8-4 loss to the NL Central champion Brewers on Friday.
Adams briefly spoke to a gaggle of reporters waiting for him outside the cathedral in Queens, where the mayor was attending an event to celebrate a new reverend.
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Lawsuits seeking to force congestion pricing to start will move forward, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled in a potential blow to the governor's "indefinite" pause.
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New York and New Jersey could see the first significant rainfall in weeks over the next couple days. See the maps.
The organs of one of the teens who died after a weekend crash in West Babylon have saved three lives, an organ donation organization announced Friday.
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Long Island Republican Congressman Anthony D'Esposito allegedly gave part-time jobs to both his lover and fiancée's daughter.
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Parents of kids injured at birth due to medical malpractice say New York is denying their claims under the state's Medical Indemnity Fund, which promises lifelong health care.
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Rhys Hoskins hit a grand slam off Sean Manaea in the first inning and the Mets went on to an 8-4 loss to the NL Central champion Brewers on Friday.
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As much of the northeast experiences heavy rains, parts of New York City are beginning to flood.
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The New York City mayor spoke to reporters outside a church in Queens, his first public remarks since pleading not guilty to federal bribery, conspiracy and campaign finance charges.
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Tony Sadiku has the Tri-State Area's updated Saturday forecast on CBS News New York.