NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn‘s three superstars were just enough to overcome Bam Adebayo’s brilliant individual effort.
Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Kyrie Irving took over late and had 28 and the Nets overcame Adebayo’s career-high 41 points to beat the Miami Heat 128-124 on Saturday night.
James Harden finished with 12 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Nets won for the first time with their Big Three playing together. They lost consecutive games with dismal defensive efforts in Cleveland and barely got enough stops to hold off a short-handed Heat team that had been limited to 81 points by Toronto a night earlier.