With a first half of 91 points and a Kevin Durant that bordered on perfection, the Brooklyn Nets crushed 143-113 at the Barclays Center against a Golden State Warriors in crisis without Steph Curry or Klay Thompson and celebrated their seventh consecutive victory in the NBA, the eleventh in their last twelve games.

Kevin Durant scored 21 of his 23 points in the first half, shooting eight of nine, and was able to watch the fourth quarter from the bench, in a Nets that finished with nine players over ten points.

Ben Simmons had ten points, four rebounds and eight assists, Edmon Sumner had 16 points, while Patty Mills had thirteen coming off the bench, going three of three on three-pointers.

Jacque Vaughn’s team did not miss Kyrie Irving, absent with a calf problem, and crushed some Warriors who lost their sixteenth game of 19 played away from San Francisco, which is the worst record in the NBA. In total, the Warriors have lost seven of their last nine meetings.

The defending champions already accumulated 30 points behind at the beginning of the second period and melted again without being able to count on Curry or Thompson.

In a night of thirteen points from Jordan Poole, with one of eleven on triples, the best of the Warriors was James Wiseman, with 24 points and nine of ten on shots. Moses Moody and Patrick Baldwin also scored 17 points each, the latter with five 3-pointers.

THE NETS, 91 POINTS AT REST

It was a monologue for the Nets from the beginning, against some Warriors who added to the lack of offensive dynamite a total lack of defensive interest. The Brooklyn team scored 46 points in the first quarter (46-17), with seven triples and maintained that pace in the second, in which they scored 45 points and maintained a 71% accuracy rate.

Durant led the Nets with an amazing scoring pace. He connected eight of his nine shots and reached 21 points at halftime with a three-pointer that made it 91-51.

He made hard-hitting plays look easy and confirmed his MVP candidacy this season, in which he’s leading the Nets by the hand.

It was to the credit of Wiseman, with a perfect seven of seven, if the humiliation of the Warriors did not reach more. Steve Kerr’s team had already accumulated 13 turnovers at halftime and the Nets punished them with 21 points to nil.

Ben Simmons also participated in the party at the Barclays Center, who was the protagonist with a great ‘alley-oop’ to a pass from TJ Warren.

THE NETS UNIT B COMPLETES THE JOB

After a first half that broke the record for points in franchise history, the Nets had a physiological slump and the Warriors, who touched the 42-point deficit, managed to get as close as 18 points at the opening of the fourth period (114- 96).

However, by the time the defending champions began to savor the idea of breaking new ground on the night at the Barclays Center, two consecutive three-pointers from Warren and Markieff Morris, coupled with five points from Patty Mills, returned to 30 points. between the two franchises.

Within minutes, two more three-pointers from Morris increased the margin to 137-99, making the final leg of the duel a formality.

Durant played the twelve minutes of the third period, and did not return to the track in the fourth, to see how his teammates sentenced the clash and celebrated their seventh consecutive victory.

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