Lescort combination James Harden and the eaves Kevin Durant was once again the key that allowed the Brooklyn Nets to defeat this Wednesday by 109-99 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with the Spanish base Ricky Rubio, who is experiencing one of the best scoring moments of his career, as a leading scorer.
Harden contribution a double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds that left him at the forefront of the Nets’ attack and inside game, while Durant recovered from the poor scoring game he had the night before against the Golden State Warriors and achieved 23 points.
Ricky Rubio against Kevin Durant in the last duel between the two
The depth of the Nets, key
Another player who made the difference in the attack of the Nets was the veteran pvot LaMarcus Aldridge what did you do? 24 points as the team’s second leading scorer, and finished as the Nets’ sixth player.
The Australian point guard Patty Mills aggregate 21 pounds to give the Nets four 20-point scorers for the first time this season and Brooklyn better to 11-5 with his eighth victory in the last 10 games played.
The best Ricky?
Another game director, the Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, which started, led Cleveland with 25 points, the listener Darius Garland aggregate 24 y Kevin Love, the Turk Cedi Osman and Dean Wade they each had 11. The Cavaliers fell to 9-7.
Rubio, who has scored 131 points in the last six games, spent 33 minutes on the pitch, scoring 8 of 17 shots from the field, including 3 of 10 triples, and 6 of 6 from the personnel line, had four rebounds and delivered five assists.
Cleveland played without starting point Jarrett Allen (illness), point guard Collin Sexton (left meniscus tear) and forwards Evan Mobley (right elbow sprain), Lauri Markkanen (conditioner) and Lamar Stevens (right ankle sprain).
Brooklyn lider 62-41 in the first half, with Durant scoring 19 points and Harden 16. Cleveland outscored Brooklyn 32-19 in the third to bring it down to 81-73.
Brooklyn twice put the lead to 13 in the fourth quarter, but the Cavaliers outscored the Nets 8-2 and with 2:05 minutes to go they got closer to the 96-89 run, ultimately unable to complete the comeback.
