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Photo: AP – Scanpix
AP Photo – Scanpix
James Harden, who has represented the Rockets for eight seasons, visited the Toyota Center Arena as a guest, where the owner of the Houston club promised to take the basketball player’s No. 13 jersey to the roof.
Man of the match
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The Texas club greeted the former star with an emotional video, after which the now Brooklyn Nets defender thanked about 3.6 thousand. gathered spectators.
It is true that in the game against them, the athlete did not spare the Rockets (11-23), against whom he accumulated a triple-double, and the Nets (24-13) won overwhelmingly. 132:114 (30:27, 37:27, 34:31, 31:29) and spread a series of rival failures to 13 in a row.
This loss is the longest since 2001, when the Rockets suffered 15 consecutive losses.
“There’s a lot of excitement in the fans, but I knew what to expect,” Harden said. “My goal was to enter the plaza and create a show for them.”
Harden scored 29 points in 41 minutes (6/7 doubles, 4/8 trit., 5/7 penalty), had 14 assists and bounced 10 balls, but made 8 errors.
The Brooklyn club won the outfield game for the seventh time in a row and set a team record. The Nets have only stumbled once in the last 11 games: 98: 115 against the Dallas Mavericks.
Since the Harden trade on January 14, the team coached by Steve Nash has posted a score of 17-7. The Texas club last won on February 4 against Jonas Valančiūnas’ Memphis Grizzlies (115: 103).
The hosts were driven by John Wall with 36 points (7/18 dvit., 5/12 trit., 7/11 penalty) and Victor Oladipo with 33 points (4/14 dvit., 5/11 trit.) , 10/13 baud).
Eric Gordon didn’t help the Rockets with knee pain.
Rockets: John Wall 36, Victor Oladipo 33, Jae Sean Tate 12 (Rev. 10), Justin Patton and Ben McLemore 10 each.
Networks: James Harden 29 (14 res., 10 pm, 8 pm), Kyrie Irving 24 (4/9 trit.), Joe Harris 19 (4/5 trit.), Bruce Browns 17 (8th ed., 7 res. Ped.), Nicolas Claxtonas 16 (8th ed.).
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