The Brooklyn Nets drew a clear line in the sand on Wednesday night, prioritizing extreme caution when it comes to the health of their superstar trio over a tiebreaker with the Philadelphia 76ers for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Who can blame them after Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray's injury on Monday.
With Durant and James Harden already in street clothes, Kyrie Irving was in uniform on the bench when Brooklyn's reserves turned a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit into a one-possession game in the final two minutes.