{"id":159636,"date":"2021-01-21T06:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T03:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cavaliers-collin-sexton-ruins-debut-for-nets-big-3\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T06:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T03:14:44","slug":"cavaliers-collin-sexton-ruins-debut-for-nets-big-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cavaliers-collin-sexton-ruins-debut-for-nets-big-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cavaliers’ Collin Sexton ruins debut for Nets’ Big 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cavaliers’ Collin Sexton ruins debut for Nets’ Big 3<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Kyrie Irving made his first app<\/a>earance in more than two weeks, and even coach Steve Nash was anxious to see what Brooklyn\u2019s Big 3 would look like in their debut together Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Nets clearly have a lot of work to do \u2014 and their 147-135 double overtime loss at Cleveland showed how much.<\/p>\n

The Nets couldn\u2019t slow Collin Sexton, who torched them for a game<\/a>-high 42 points at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and scored 20 straight Cleveland points spanning the first and second OTs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had breakdowns all over the place,\u201d Nash said. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do. We know that. We know we have a very offensive team right now, so we have to find ways to defend, to get connected, to be on the same page.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s going to take some time. It\u2019s definitely early as far as this new group, learning to defend together and how we can be effective defensively. That\u2019s got to be part of our game that we\u2019re going to focus on the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Larry Nance Jr. steals a pass intended for Kyrie Irving during the Nets\u2019 147-135 double overtime loss to the Cavaliers.<\/figcaption>
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It\u2019s going to take a lot of focus, especially after the Nets allowed the worst offensive team in the NBA to shoot 51.4 percent overall, 20-for-40 from 3-point range and 6-for-7 in a 20-point second overtime.<\/p>\n

Irving scored 37 points in his return after missing seven straight games. Kevin Durant scored a team-high 38 and James Harden had a trip<\/a>le-double (21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds). But Sexton outdid them all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just doing my best to pace myself. I know it\u2019s going to take me a little minute to get up and down a few more times. But I\u2019m just excited for the future,\u201d Irving said after his first game since Jan. 5. \u201cI don\u2019t know many teams that could put up 20 points in five minutes, but Collin got hot. I give the young fellow credit, and I give that whole Cleveland team credit: They came to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Nets took a 125-122 lead on a pair of Harden free throws with 18.3 seconds remaining in the first overtime, Sexton \u2014 making a comeback of his own after missing five games with an ankle injury \u2014 cut the lead to one with a layup. Durant made a pair at the other end, but Sexton drilled a huge game-tying 3-pointer with just 1.2 seconds remaining to force a second OT. Then, he poured in 15 points in the final period to win it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was it. He made shots,\u201d Harden said. \u201cWe started switching a little bit more and he made some tough shots over contested hands. He made a tough shot over Ky to force, I think, the second overtime or overtime, I can\u2019t remember which one. He made tough shots. This is a make-or-miss league, so if guys are going to be hitting shots like that, it\u2019s gonna be tough for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Big 3 combined for 96 points, and 42 of the last 57 by the Nets. But the Nets couldn\u2019t get stops when they needed and looked gassed late.<\/p>\n

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