(Basketball news) The Brooklyn Nets got back to winning ways as they beat the Indiana Pacers 116-109. For the Nets, Kevin Durant scored 36 points as he passed Vince Carter in 19th place on the NBA's All-Time scoring list, he now has 25,754 points and he has scored at least 25 points in each of the first seven games of the season which is subsequently the most in franchise history while Kyrie Irving added 28 and Claxton had 19 points and nine rebounds. For the Pacers, Buddy Hield chipped in with 22 points as Bennedict Mathurin contributed 16 points, and Tyrese Haliburton had 11, while Chris Durate scored 30 points. 

''You definitely can't take him for granted,'' Nic Claxton said about Durant. ''Seeing him work his way back from the Achilles injury, went to rehab and how serious he took every single step. And now these past few years he's doing his thing. Definitely you don't take that for granted. It's a pleasure to watch.''

''It was very important for us to get a response,'' Brooklyn coach Steve Nash said. ''The win is nice but I care much more about the process. And I thought our process was great

''We were flat at the beginning (and) they came out with a lot of force. Didn't match it early and the hole cost us,'' said Rick Carlisle. ''Their level of desperation was really there, I thought.''

''Guys are able to make plays,'' Nets forward Joe Harris said of the Pacers. ''They're young players but they're really talented, especially offensively.''

The Milwaukee Bucks continued their exceptional start to the season with a hard fought victory over the Detroit Pistons 110-108. For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and Brook Lopez had 24 points, Bobby Portis had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Jrue Holiday scored 25 points. For the Pistons, Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 23 for the as the youngsters in Ivey scored 19, Hamidou Diallo 13, Stewart 11 and Saddiq Bey 10 points. With this result Bucks remain the only unbeaten team in the league and Giannis and co are certainly putting an early marker for this season's NBA title. 

''A lot of talented guys there are learning how to play, but they've been learning quickly and getting a lot better,'' Lopez said. ''They're definitely better than their record.''

''Great players make great plays,'' Pistons coach Dwane Casey said. ''Holiday made a great shot.''

''I don't know if I could have drawn up a better play for Cade to be open as much as he was open,'' Casey said. ''And the shot before that, he was wide open in his sweet spot. You've got to live with that.''

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