No KD, no problem... kind of.
Look, this wasn’t your regular-old walk in the park victory. Brooklyn entered the game shorthanded, missing Joe Harris, Kevin Durant, Paul Millsap, and Nicolas Claxton. To make matters worse, the Nets lost Bruce Brown in the third quarter due to hamstring tightness. An already shorthanded roster lost one of its key contributors mid-game.
After the Nets fell behind by as many as 19 points in the first half, the Nets had to “get dirty” as James Harden put it during his post-game availability with Yes Network’s Michael Grady.
Behind some superstar efforts, the Nets rallied off their 12th victory of the season, giving Brooklyn sole possession of the No.