{"id":13130,"date":"2024-02-02T04:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nba-kevin-durant-shines-as-phoenix-suns-beat-brooklyn-nets-136-120\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T04:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:49:23","slug":"nba-kevin-durant-shines-as-phoenix-suns-beat-brooklyn-nets-136-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nba-kevin-durant-shines-as-phoenix-suns-beat-brooklyn-nets-136-120\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Kevin Durant shines as Phoenix Suns beat Brooklyn Nets 136-120"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Kevin Durant&#8217;s 33 points inspired the Phoenix Suns to a 136-120 victory on his return to the Brooklyn Nets.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two-time NBA champion Durant, who requested a trade to the Suns last season, was cheered when a tribute video was shown before the game but booed once the match started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also made eight assists, five rebounds and two blocks at Barclays Center in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Even though I love these people here, I love to shut them up,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Durant spent more than than three years at the Nets before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/basketball\/64593463\" class=\"ssrcss-co0e25-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">joining the Suns<\/a> in January 2023 as part of a trade in which Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson and four first-round picks left Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Durant shared a brief embrace with Nets coach Jacque Vaughn and several former team-mates after the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jusuf Nurkic scored 28 points and Devin Booker 22 for the Suns, who denied the Nets a third straight win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Suns are sixth in the Western Conference and the Nets 11th in the Eastern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anfernee Simons scored 24 points as the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled Damian Lillard&#8217;s return with a 119-116 home win over the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kawhi Leonard contributed 31 points and nine rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Clippers won 125-109 at the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Donovan Mitchell scored 20 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter to help the Cleveland Cavaliers see off the Detroit Pistons 128-121.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Coby White scored 35 points as the Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Hornets 117-110, while Jimmy Butler&#8217;s 31 points led the Miami Heat to a 115-106 win over the Sacramento Kings that ended a seven-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Oklahoma City Thunder triumphed 105-100 over the Denver Nuggets thanks to 34 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Orlando Magic beat the San Antonio Spurs 108-98, the Minnesota Timberwolves claimed a 121-87 victory over the Dallas Mavericks<b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">, <\/b>and the New Orleans Pelicans ended a three-game losing run by overcoming the Houston Rockets 110-99.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/basketball\/68163790\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Durant&#8217;s 33 points inspired the Phoenix Suns to a 136-120 victory on his return to the Brooklyn Nets. Two-time NBA champion Durant, who requested a trade to the Suns last season, was cheered when a tribute video was shown before the game but booed once the match started. 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