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(Agence France-Presse) – January 19, 2021 – 2:05 pm
NEW YORK – James Harden scored 34 points, and Kevin Durant’s 30 included triple the lead in the last minute as the NBA’s new Brooklyn Nets beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 125-123, on Monday (Tuesday Manila).
Harden, who played his second game for Brooklyn since hitting a highly successful trade, added 12 assists.
Durant added six assists and nine rebounds as the Nets held off two-time NBA defender MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks in an Eastern Conference power clash.
Antetokounmpo scored 34 points with 12 rebounds and seven assists for Milwaukee. Khris Middleton added 25 points but couldn’t get a potential triple winner to fall in the final second.
“That’s a great win for us,” Harden said. “Without having a chance to practice, just going on the go, we beat a really good Bucks team.”
In a fourth quarter round trip, the Nets trailed 122-123 when Harden missed a 3, but managed to corner the rebound and carry the ball to Durant, who drained a 3 to put Brooklyn up 125-123 with 36.8 remaining. seconds.
After Middleton missed a 3-point attempt, Durant turned the ball over to give the Bucks one more chance, but Middleton missed again.
“It’s a rejuvenation,” Harden said of his arrival in Brooklyn, which didn’t feature star guard Kyrie Irving for the seventh straight game. “This organization, the Brooklyn Nets, has welcomed me with open arms.
The game at Brooklyn’s Barclays Arena was one of the biggest matchups on the NBA’s Christmas slate in honor of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
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In King’s hometown, the Atlanta Hawks debuted in special black jerseys with the MLK initials on the front in a 108-97 win over Minnesota visitors.
The Hawks, who had lost six of their previous seven games, improved to 6-7 despite 24 turnovers, while the Timberwolves fell to 3-9 with their ninth loss in 10 games.
D’Angelo Russell scored 25 points to lead the Hawks, while Clint Capela added 23 points and 15 rebounds and Trae Young contributed 20 points and 13 assists for Atlanta.
De’Andre Hunter scored 31 points for the T-Wolves.
San Antonio posted a 125-104 victory at Portland behind 22 points from LaMarcus Aldridge, 20 points and 11 assists from DeMar DeRozan and 21 points apiece from the bench for Patty Mills and Rudy Gay.
The Miami Heat, which lost Jimmy Butler to Covid-19 security protocols and Tyler Herro to neck spasms, bounced back from a 20-point loss to Detroit on Saturday with a 113-107 win over it. Pistons team.
The Heat trailed the Pistons by 19 points early on, but unlike Saturday, they were able to fight with 28 points and 11 rebounds from Bam Adebayo, 22 points from point guard Goran Dragic and 18 from Duncan Robinson.
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