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Kevin Durant and the Nets fly over the New York derby

There was no suspense in this first New York derby of the season, held in Brooklyn, as the locals outclassed their Manhattan neighbors (112-85). An unbalanced meeting, during which the Nets, realistic and effective in attack (30 assists out of 42 baskets, 48% in shots), were never led in the score, and led them, at most, by… 35 points, under the impetus of a great Kevin Durant in triple-double (29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists), and several “role players” perfect to assist him.

Opposite, Knicks ineffective as possible on offense (32% on shots, 15 ball losses) and destitute in defense, who could only count on a consistent Julius Randle (24 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists), in this evening nightmarish, to be quickly forgotten.

WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER

One quarter was enough for the Nets. To any Knicks fans who fell asleep at the end of the first quarter: don’t worry, you didn’t miss a thing. We would even dare to say that you made the right choice, after 12 absolutely indigestible first minutes from Tom Thibodeau’s troops, trailing by 16 points (38-22) after this first act. A first act at 60% shooting on the Nets side, which was more than enough to take cover, since the gap then increased to +25 (69-44) at halftime. Before a second half to be summed up concretely as a “garbage time” of 24 minutes.

The good surprise Edmond Sumner. The only back in the major five, alongside three wingers (Durant, Harris and O’Neal) and a pivot (Claxton), the former Pacers player made his presence felt during the 19 minutes he spent on the field, with 18 points (7/10, including 3/4 behind the arc), 5 rebounds and 2 assists. In the absence of Kyrie Irving, whose unavailability is still unclear, he clearly has something to play for.

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TOPS/FLOPS

The Nets’ major five. Unlike those of the Knicks, all in the negative, the five starters of the Nets all finished with a largely positive +/-. The most prominent: Kevin Durant obviously (+32), imperial throughout, leader by example and who offers himself a bulky triple-double (29/12/12). Nice game also for Royce O’Neale and his enormous +44, discreet in attack (6 points at 2/7) but active everywhere else (10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals). A bit more discreet, Joe Harris (+27) and Nic Claxton (+14) were still perfect complement players, the first bringing movement without the ball and two award-winning shots, the second rebounding size and hands ready to receive the leather near the circle.

✅⛔️ Julius Randle. In this infamous evening for the Knicks, he was the best player, or the least bad. His record is indeed mixed because despite a double-double at 24 points and 11 rebounds, he finished with the weakest +/- of the team, with -29. Strange evening for the strong winger of New York.

⛔️ The Knicks. After a performance of such poor quality collectively, the whole team must be criticized, after a catastrophic outing: 85 points at 32% on shots including 28% at 3-pts, a ratio of 21 assists for 15 losses of the ball and a lost rebound battle (63 against 56), despite the fact that the only pivot of the Nets, Nic Claxton, played only 19 minutes. Without forgetting, of course, a desperate defense, both in the execution itself, and in the desire and motivation. In short, the Knicks played their worst game of the season.

THE FOLLOWING

Nets (5-7) : trip to Los Angeles, to face the Clippers on Saturday evening (10:00 p.m.)

Knicks (5-6) : reception of the Pistons, on the night of Friday to Saturday (01:30)

brooklyn / 112 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
K. Durant 35 10/19 1/5 8/10 1 11 12 12 1 1 1 2 +32 29 44
R.O’Neale 34 2/7 2/4 0/0 4 6 10 5 3 2 1 0 +44 6 17
N.Claxton 20 5/7 0/0 2/5 1 5 6 2 4 0 2 1 +14 12 14
J.Harris 32 4/11 2/6 0/0 0 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 +27 10 8
E.Sumner 19 7/10 3/4 1/2 1 4 5 1 2 2 0 0 +24 18 22
Mr Morris 5 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -3 0 -2
D.Duke Jr. 9 1/2 0/0 0/0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 -14 2 2
K. Edwards 5 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0 -1
D.Sharpe 5 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 -5 0 1
P.Mills 9 0/3 0/2 0/0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
B. Simmons 24 3/6 0/0 0/0 2 7 9 4 4 2 2 1 +18 6 17
S.Curry 23 7/13 6/11 3/3 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 +11 23 23
C.Thomas 22 3/8 0/1 0/0 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 -8 6 4
Total 42/87 14/34 14/20 11 44 55 30 22 11 14 5 112 148
New York / 85 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
J.Randle 31 7/15 4/8 6/9 1 10 11 3 1 0 4 0 -29 24 23
C. Reddish 18 0/7 0/4 0/0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -17 0 -6
J.Sims 27 3/3 0/0 1/2 3 3 6 0 3 1 0 3 -7 7 16
J Brunson 31 4/14 1/5 5/5 1 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 -22 14 7
R. Barrett 30 5/14 2/4 4/8 2 4 6 3 3 1 3 0 -22 16 10
O.Toppin 21 2/7 0/2 1/1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 -19 5 6
I.Hartenstein 15 1/2 0/0 0/0 3 2 5 0 3 0 1 0 -6 2 5
D.Rose 11 0/4 0/3 0/0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 -8 0 0
Mr McBride 6 0/2 0/2 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 +3 0 0
E. Fournier 20 2/7 2/5 0/0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 1 -6 6 5
S. Mykhailiuk 3 2/2 2/2 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 +5 6 4
I. Quickley 20 1/8 0/6 0/0 0 4 4 4 3 1 1 0 -17 2 3
Q. Grimes 5 1/1 1/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 +5 3 2
R. Arcidiacono 3 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 +5 0 3
Total 28/87 12/43 17/26 11 35 46 21 18 5 15 4 85 78

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