Kyrie Irving scored 29 factors and dished six assists because the Brooklyn Nets overcame a second-half damage to Kevin Durant to beat the host Miami Heat 102-101 on Sunday night time.
Brooklyn’s Royce O’Neale scored the go-ahead basket on a putback with 3.2 seconds left. He rebounded an Irving 3-point miss.
Miami’s Jimmy Butler missed a contested drive within the lane off the backboard as time expired. The Heat wished a foul on an O’Neale bump on the finish of the play.
Durant left within the third quarter on account of a bruised proper knee. He appeared to get damage when Butler by accident rolled onto his leg. Durant completed with 17 factors, 4 rebounds and two assists. He entered the sport averaging 30.0 factors.
The Nets, who’ve gained 14 of their previous 15 video games, additionally obtained 13 factors, 11 rebounds and three blocks from Nic Claxton.
Butler led Miami with 26 factors together with eight rebounds. Tyler Herro, who returned after lacking one recreation on account of again spasms, added 24 factors.
Miami’s Bam Adebayo was restricted to twenty-eight minutes on account of a thigh damage. Adebayo completed with 10 factors and eight rebounds. He entered the sport averaging 21.8 factors.
Brooklyn led by as many as 9 factors early on, however the Nets held only a 31-30 benefit on the finish of a wild first quarter. Brooklyn’s T.J. Warren made a 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left, and Miami’s Gabe Vincent answered together with his personal trey on the buzzer as he was falling out of bounds.
Miami’s Haywood Highsmith made a fortuitous 3-pointer earlier within the quarter, banking his bucket in off the aspect of the backboard with the shot clock close to zero.
Irving led all first-quarter scorers with 11 factors as Brooklyn shot 57.1 % from the ground, together with 5-of-8 on 3-pointers.
The Nets prolonged their halftime result in 66-64. Irving led all second-quarter scorers with 13 factors, and Brooklyn shot 61.1 % from the ground, together with 4-of-8 on 3-pointers.
The Heat ended the third quarter on a 12-3 run, taking an 82-79 lead into the fourth. Both groups cooled off within the third quarter as Miami shot simply 25 %, and Brooklyn made 27.8 %.
Brooklyn held on within the fourth and completed the sport taking pictures 51.3 % from the ground, together with 12-of-33 on 3-pointers.
Miami shot 41.3 %, together with 13-for-35 on 3-pointers.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
