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Intrigue in the first 2020-2021. fans didn’t make it to the game this season. The Nets, led by Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, who returned after injuries, left no chance for the “soldiers” with Stephen Curry at the helm: 125: 99 (40:25, 23:20, 36:26, 26:28).
Durant did not play in the official game for almost 19 months, and Irving for more than 10 months, but already in the first game of the new season, both Nets stars, who played together for the first time, showed that they left the consequences of injuries.
Durant started the match by hitting all four pitches and showing off his usual athleticism and an uncovered pitch, and Kyrie dived under the Warriors’ basket and scored 17 points in the first quarter alone.
In a tandem of leaders, the Nets solved all the problems in the first half. The Soldiers took the lead in this game only for a few moments early in the game, but in the first quarter, the Brooklyn team’s lead was not in doubt: 38:17.
Although the Warriors stopped the bleeding after a short break and prevented their opponents from running, the Nets broke down again after a long break when their lead reached an unfortunate 35 points – 95:60. In the fourth quarter, the difference between the teams was as high as 38 points at a time.
After a long break, KD and Kyrie scored nearly fifty points together, although their services were not needed in the final 15 minutes of the game.
After healing the Achilles tendon injury, K. Durantas played for 25 minutes, during which he scored 22 points (6/14 doubles, 1/2 trit., 7/7 penalties), bounced 5 balls and made 3 assists.
Even more productive was K. Irving, who scored 26 points (6/9 double, 4/7 trit, 2/2 penalty) in 25 minutes of play, grabbed 4 balls and distributed 4 productive passes.
The 28-year-old turned his head toward many Warriors basketball players with his moves on the floor.
The brilliance of the Nets stars overshadowed S. Curry, for whom it was not the most successful night to attack the basket.
The sniper, who has played in the official game for the first time since March, scored 5 points out of 11, 2 points out of 10 and all 4 penalties in 30 minutes and scored 20 points. True, the not-so-successful hit was offset by S. Curry on 10 successful passes.
This was the first meeting between K.Durant and S.Curry since KD in 2019. He left the Warriors club after three seasons in the summer. There seems to be no anger between the former teammates – before the meeting, they hugged their friends and had fun discussing S. Curry’s hairstyle changes.
The Warriors played without Klay Thompson, who was missing his Achilles tendon in November, and Draymond Green, who did not play due to a minor injury and is likely to step onto the floor during the Warriors’ Christmas game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The game in Brooklyn was special not only for the long-returning NBA stars, but also for another league celebrity, Steve Nash. During the offseason, the Canadian, who took over for the Nets, led the team in an NBA game for the first time and achieved a memorable first victory.
“Networks”: Kyrie Irving 26 (4/7 trit.), Kevin Durant 22, Caris LeWert 20 (9th rec.), Joe Harris 10 (7th rec.).
“Warriors”: Stephen Curry 20 (2/10 trit., 10 res.), James Wiseman 19, Andrew Wiggins 13 (4/16 pitches).
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