Cas in the jokes, the Nets received good news and bad news on their visit to the Madison Square Garden. The good news is that they won 98-110 and continue to aspire to seventh place, which is now occupied by some Cavaliers who, precisely, will be his next rival. The bad news (and it is far from exclusive) is that his dependence on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is extreme. It can’t be any other way when you have the most talented couple in the nba.
The two stars of the Brooklyn franchise had to play the entire second half before the Knicks: 24 minutes in a row to defeat a theoretically inferior rival. But is that those of New York had put 21 points above at the beginning of the third quarter (71-50). So the stars had to get their act together to win a valuable win ahead of the play-in. It was the second straight game in which Durant and Irving were forced to play every minute after intermission. The previous one was in front of the Rockets. It doesn’t seem like the best sign that the Nets have to squeeze their cracks to beat two hopeless teams.
During signing a triple-doublethe third of this season, with 32 points (23 of them after the break), 10 rebounds and 11 assists. The forward extended his winning streak against the Knicks to 12-0, as he hasn’t lost a game against them in the last nine years. Irving added 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. It was the Nets’ seventh consecutive win over their neighbors, their longest winning streak against the Knicks since winning 11 straight games between 1984 and 1986.
Results of the day
- Pistons 113-131 Mavericks
- Knicks 98-110 Nets
- Hawks 118-103 Wizards
- Bulls 94-117 Celtics
- Jazz 137-101 Thunder
- Clippers 113-109 Suns
“We know how much Knicks fans don’t like us, especially now in this Nets era,” he says. Durant remembering when Irving turned him down to sign by the Knicks: “That adds something to the rivalry. People respect my decision, they respect my game, but I understand how big the Knicks-Nets are in town.” The fate of the NBA would have been different if instead of signing for the Warriors he had signed for the Big Apple team.
Bring Young is signing a spectacular season finale. It has already secured play-in for the Hawks and now he fights to leave his team in seventh place, where he fights with the Cavaliers and the Nets. The base was once again the best in the victory over the Wizards by 118-103. finished with 30 points and 11 assists. Is he twentieth game of this season in which he ends with 30 + 10. Your pursuer is Luka Doncicwho has done it half the time.
The template of Jazz had a meeting to try to redirect the situation experienced in recent weeks, where the disagreements between its stars Donovan Mitchell y Rudy Gobert have been obvious. The shooting guard did not play due to rest in the game following that confrontation between all the players and those of Utah they razed the Thunder by 137-101. Bojan Bogdanović He finished with 27 points and Gobert had 20 points and 10 rebounds. In Mitchell’s absence, Juancho Hernangmez returned to ownership. He played 17 minutes to score four points (1/4 shooting from the field) and grab four rebounds.
The Suns nothing is played. They have secured the lead in the regular season a few days ago and therefore rested their pillars. before the Clippers They didn’t even play Chris Paul, ni Devin Booker, ni Deandre Ayton. That did not prevent, however, that they returned to dignify the word team and stand up to the Angelenos (113-109). Yes, they lacked regularity. They scored nine points in the second quarter and 48 in the last.
In the absence, Bismack Biyombo highlighted (14+12) and the rookie Ish Wainwright He was the top scorer with 20 points. the danish Iffe Lundbergwith past in BAXI Manresa, the Lenovo Tenerife and recently cut by the CSKAscored his first points in the NBA. Normal Powellreturning from injury, led the Clippers with 24 points and Paul George He added 19 and nine rebounds.
