(Basketball news) The Brooklyn Nets continued their resurgence in the Eastern Conference as they thrashed the Golden State Warriors 143-114. For the Nets, Kevin Durant scored 23 points, all but two in a 91-point first half that was the third-biggest in the league as Phoenix set the NBA record with 107 points in the first half against Denver on Nov. 10 1990. The Warriors, with Durant playing for them – scored 92 against Chicago on Oct. 29. 2018. Edmond Sumner scored 16 points as 9 players in the Nets squad scored in double figures. For the Warriors, James Wiseman scored a career-high 30 points on 12-for-14 shooting as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins all sidelined, the Warriors finished 1-5 on their trip to the East and will hope to get healthy before they have to get back on the court on Christmas against Memphis.
”That’s what happens when you come to work and you’re ready to work from the beginning,” Vaughn said.
”It’s the Warriors,” Durant said. ”You always respect them no matter who’s on the floor. They have a championship system and championship players.”
”And then they made everything,” Kerr said. ”They were phenomenal in the first half.”
The Los Angeles Lakers lost to their fellow neighbours the Sacramento Kings 134-120. For the Lakers, Domantas Sabonis had 13 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists as he recorded his second triple-double of the season to go along with nine straight double-doubles while Rookie Keegan Murray matched his career high with 23 points, Kevin Huerter scored 26 points and Harrison Barnes added 20 as De’Aaron Fox added 22 points and six assists before getting ejected with 3:09 left in the game after receiving two technical fouls. For the Lakers, LeBron James scored 31 points and has scored 30 points or more in five straight games. All five Lakers starters scored in double-digits, with Lonnie Walker lV scoring 19 points, Dennis Schroder had 18 and Thomas Bryant added 17 points and 10 rebounds.
”He’s been rebounding the crap out of the ball,” Kings coach Mike Brown said. ”Even if he didn’t get stats, how hard that he plays is unbelievable.”
”Today especially we just played desperate and I feel like our starting five did that very well,” Murray said. ”We just stuck together and went on runs and that was big for us.”
”We have to be more competitive and give more effort,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. ”We will figure it out. That’s why we have put together a great staff like we have done.”
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