Nets erase 18-point deficit, dump Nuggets
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[January 13, 2021]
Kevin Durant totaled 34 points,
13 assists and nine rebounds as the Brooklyn Nets overcame an
18-point deficit and posted a 122-116 victory over the Denver
Nuggets on Tuesday night in New York.
Durant shot 12-for-18 from the floor overall. He scored 14 points in
the third quarter, when the Nets erased a 79-61 lead in the final
nine-plus minutes. He secured Brooklyn's biggest comeback of the
season by hitting a short shot with 1:14 remaining in the game and a
3-pointer to give the Nets a 120-113 lead with 27.9 seconds to go.
Caris LeVert added 20 points and Bruce Brown contributed six of his
16 points in the fourth quarter, including a baseline 10-footer that
snapped a 113-113 deadlock with 1:44 left. Joe Harris contributed 15
points for the Nets, who shot 60.8 percent in their fourth straight
game without Kyrie Irving (personal reasons).
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Nikola Jokic amassed 23 points, 11 assists, eight rebounds and seven
steals for the Nuggets, who were outscored 61-37 in the final
21-plus minutes. Will Barton hit six 3-pointers and added 22 points
while Jamal Murray contributed 20 for the Nuggets, who shot 50
percent overall.
Denver went up by 18 points early in the third on a 3-pointer by
Barton, but the Nets used a 29-4 run to take a 90-83 lead on a
basket by Taurean Prince with 2:36 remaining in the quarter. During
Brooklyn's stretch of 19 straight points, the Nuggets went 4:54
without a hoop.
Denver regrouped and ended the third by getting a 3-pointer from
Monte Morris with 1.2 seconds left that forged a 90-90 deadlock.
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Denver Nuggets small
forward Will Barton (5) drives against Brooklyn Nets small forward
Joe Harris (12) during the first quarter at Barclays Center.
Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
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Brooklyn held a 102-96 lead after a 3-pointer by Landry Shamet with
8:21 left, but the Nuggets took a 113-111 lead on a layup by Jokic
with 2:40 remaining.
Before the collapse, Jokic and Barton combined for 23 points as
Denver shot 52 percent and took a 35-27 lead through one quarter.
The Nets were within 58-50 on a fadeaway by LeVert with 4:02
remaining in the second, but Denver closed the half with a 12-4
spurt. The Nuggets took a 70-54 lead into the intermission after
Murray hit a 3-pointer with 14.9 seconds left.
--Field Level Media
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