{"id":154221,"date":"2021-01-14T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T05:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-kevin-durant-passes-back-to-back-test-with-flying-colors\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T08:06:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T05:06:10","slug":"nets-kevin-durant-passes-back-to-back-test-with-flying-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-kevin-durant-passes-back-to-back-test-with-flying-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets’ Kevin Durant passes back-to-back test with flying colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets’ Kevin Durant passes back-to-back test with flying colors<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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For the first time since picking Brooklyn over Manhattan and the Nets over the Knicks a year-and-a-half ago, Kevin Durant played the team he spurned. And he reminded them what they missed out on.<\/p>\n

His medicals looked just fine in leading a threadbare Nets roster to a 116-109 victory over the Knicks at the Garden.<\/p>\n

With the Nets were playing with just nine men thanks to Kyrie Irving\u2019s personal leave and their trade for three-time scoring champion James Harden, Durant, a four-time scoring champ, came up huge. He had a team-high 26 points, hitting 3 of 5 from behind the 3-point arc, and added six assists and two blocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good win,\u201d Durant said. \u201cEspecially we talked about it last night, we want to finish the second half for the back-to-back, especially with a team that\u2019s right across the bridge from us.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mecca of basketball, the Garden, and for them not to have fans especially with this rivalry and how much tension between both teams, amongst both teams fan bases, definitely missed the fans out there. \u2026 It\u2019s just the fact that this is about New York City right now. Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks is always going to be a good draw. It\u2019s a good start for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kevin Durant looks to make a move on Julius Randle during the Nets\u2019 116-109 victory over the Knicks.<\/figcaption>
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It was also a major milestone in Durant\u2019s comeback, as he played his first back-to-back since returning from his ruptured Achilles.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, most definitely. I want to see how my body felt this morning, how I felt after the game<\/a> last night,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I was just trying to monitor everything leading up into the game, obviously, throughout the game, and I felt good. So hopefully, I know I keep building on it and as the season goes along, I continue to keep getting stronger and more used to the game again, the schedule, the travel<\/a>, everything. So this was a good step.\u201d<\/p>\n

That injury \u2014 sustained playing for the Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals \u2014 had left the Knicks leery about Durant. ESPN claimed owner James Dolan wasn\u2019t prepared to offer him a maximum contract, while The Post reported they would proceed cautiously and wanted to see his medical records.<\/p>\n

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