The Brooklyn Nets lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers on two consecutive occasions, the last being Friday. The NBA, as usual, offers revenge night after night and so it was on Saturday. While the New York franchise should forget about the Cavaliers, they had a good challenge.
The Nets faced the Miami Heat, which doesn’t look like last season when they reached the NBA Finals. Further, The Florida franchise continues without Jimmy Butler and Tyler HerroAlthough it wasn’t a problem to deal with Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant.
Brooklyn started the game as someone who wants to get rid of the thorn for the duel lost less than 24 hours ago. In a few minutes they were already 11 points up and in that first quarter they had a great Joe Harris with 12 units (4 triples). The Nets left in the second quarter 18, maximum of the party, but the Miami Heat started to warn and closed the first half 66-56.
The third quarter continued as did the second, and Brooklyn closed it with 14. However, everything changed in the last quarter. A huge Miami Heat continued to fight until they were just one point down, although the Brooklyn Nets pulled out their power in the final minutes and they took the first Big-Three victory together 128-124.
Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant: statistics
The Big-Three once again demonstrated their enormous offensive power, especially in Kevin Durant. KD finished with 31 points, while James Harden did the same with 12 and 11 rebounds, while Kyrie Irving added 28 points, 6 rebounds and 7 goals. Special mention to Bam Adebayo, who gave his all and finished with 41 points and 8 assists.