Nets Come Up Short Of Shocker At Home
The Brooklyn Nets had little time to look back on what could’ve been in New Orleans on Friday night as they were forced to turn their attentions to a home visit from the defending NBA champions.
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Brooklyn Nets 120-114 on Sunday evening at the Barclays Center to hand Brooklyn their third loss in the past four games.
Behind their dynamic MVP scoring duo of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, the Golden State Warriors were too much as they improved to 6-1 on the early season.
Stephen Curry finished with a game-high 35 points, which included a huge 3-pointer with 1:02 remaining in the fourth, as he filled the Brooklyn sky with seven 3-pointers. He also added seven rebounds and three assists to his line.
It was a record-breaking showing for Curry, who broke George McCloud’s record of six games with at least five 3-pointers to begin the season as he had his seventh game doing so to start the season.
Kevin Durant finished with an efficient scoring line of 34 points to go along with eight rebounds, six assists, one steal and one block.
Brooklyn, looking to bounce back from a self-inflicted defeat on Friday night vs the New Orleans Pelicans, fought hard to get into the game in the fourth quarter.
The Nets trailed by 16 to begin the fourth quarter, but with a surge led by D’Angelo Russell, Brooklyn cut Golden State’s lead two points with 1:55 remaining in the game.
D’Angelo Russell finished with a team-high 25 points, hitting five 3-pointers while adding six rebounds and six assists to his line for the night.
Caris LeVert bounced back from a tough shooting night on Friday as he finished with 23 points, seven assists and three rebounds.
The Warriors shot 49 percent from the field vs the Nets, making up for a so-so shooting night from beyond the arc by winning on the glass 47-37 and limiting Brooklyn’s free throw opportunities (10-for-15 FT).
The Nets continue to hit 3s at a impressive clip as they hit 20 3-pointers on Sunday, surpassing their season-high total of 19 from their previous game vs the Pelicans.
What Nets coach Kenny Atkinson will love about today’s game in a loss is that they held the NBA’s most prolific 3-point shooting team in the Golden State Warriors to 33 percent from beyond the arc.
The Nets are playing good basketball, with some areas of improvement on both sides of the ball still needed.
They will get an opportunity to end their two-game skid against their cross city rival New York Knicks on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
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