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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 30 points, Kyrie Irving had 24 and the well-rested Brooklyn Nets methodically pulled away for a 112-100 win against ...

Irving — who missed the Nets’ earlier visit to Washington because he was suspended for tweeting a link to an antisemitic documentary — was booed pregame but had the crowd gasping in appreciation in the second quarter. Beal missed his 10th game of the season because of injury or illness. Durant, who grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, signed autographs after warmups and was introduced to cheers. Porzingis rode an exercise bike with a pad strapped to his back while on the bench in the first half. Washington was missing leading scorer Bradley Beal for the fourth straight game because of a right hamstring strain. Brooklyn never led by more than nine in the first half but began pulling away midway through the third quarter, going ahead 88-71 on a jumper by T.J.

Another day, another W. That's starting to be a trend here in the Nets World. The Brooklyn Nets picked up their 11th win in 14 games Monday with a ...

KD was up to the challenge in his DMV hometown, filling up the box score on a couple of floaters and a pair of pull-up threes from the exact same spot on the right wing. Kyrie Irving was asked for his thoughts on WNBA star Brittney Griner’s release, who came home to the United States last week after a prisoner exchange with Russia. Brooklyn tightened up the screws on defense in the third quarter. He had two blocks in the quarter, including a nasty one in which he pinned Corey Kispert’s layup off the glass and then snarled at him while running ahead on offense. Kyrie was in a different zone, though, dropping 13 points in the quarter to balance things out after the Wizards’ early surge. “We continue to keep trusting each other on the offensive end and feed on our defense. “We said that to him in the timeout,” said Vaughn about Irving’s hustle plays. Porzingis had to leave the game in the third quarter with back soreness. “I think we figured out what type of team we want to be on that side of the ball,” said Durant about Brooklyn’s defense. “His ability to attract attention and for him to still attract all that attention there at the end of the night, you look how efficient he is,” said Jacque Vaughn about Durant’s remarkable performance. Washington got 20 points from both Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma and Will Barton poured in a team-high 22 points off the bench on 8-of-15 shooting. But for the most part, I liked the brand of basketball we played on both ends of the floor, regardless of who was on the court.

Here's how NBA Twitter reacted to the Nets' 112-100 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Wizards will be without Delon Wright, Bradley Beal, Rui Hachimura, Johnny Davis, Vernon Carey Jr., Monte Morris and Isaiah Todd.

As for the Wizards, they have been very cold over the last few weeks. They are 8-2 in their last ten games and in the middle of a three-game winning streak. The Nets have been playing very well over the last few weeks.

Este lunes por la noche inicia una nueva semana en la temporada regular de la NBA con el duelo entre Brooklyn Nets y Washington Wizards.

Rui Hacimura tampoco jugará debido a un problema de tobillo. Se espera que todas las figuras del equipo estén de regreso en el duelo de esta noche. Los Wizards por su parte se encuentran en caída libre y ya son 6 las derrotas consecutivas que tiene el equipo capitalino.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Brooklyn Nets have shown interest in Atlanta Hawks' John Collins.

Collins, who has struggled to stay healthy in the early part of this season, has seen his role and production take a dip. Brooklyn is just one of several teams that have expressed trade interest in the Hawks big man. The Atlanta Hawks 6-foot-10 big John Collins has had his name floating around in trade talks the past two seasons.

With the unofficial opening of trade season Thursday, the rumors have begun to fly and Shams Charania reports that the Nets have interest in John Collins, ...

Harris, on the other hand, is making $18.6 million this season and $19.9 million in 2023-24, permitting a one-for-one deal under CBA rules. He is the longest tenured Net, having been signed as a free agent in 2016. Phoenix has a desire for Collins but does not appear inclined to take on the forward, who is in the second season of a five-year, $125 million pact. Collins signed his five-year, $125 million contract with the Hawks in July 2022, all of it guaranteed. But The Athletic writer notes that so far, Atlanta doesn’t have interest in what Brooklyn is offering, a deal centered on Joe Harris. He’s missed the Hawks last five games this year with a right ankle sprain.

The Brooklyn Nets are rumored to be interested in a John Collins trade with the Atlanta Hawks, but they shouldn't trade Joe Harris to do it.

Replacing that with an undersized big man who is struggling from 3-point distance and cannot defend in space feels like an overcorrection to the team’s lack of depth in the frontcourt. The 2017 first-round pick would also provide a boost to Brooklyn’s lackluster rebounding (28th in the league). Packaging the veteran remains Brooklyn’s most realistic avenue to landing a significant piece. This is not to say Collins could not help Brooklyn this season. Patty Mills has similar deficiencies and has fallen out of the rotation this season. Royce O’Neale is shooting a career-best 40.7 percent from 3-point land this season but has hit a wall in recent weeks. However, the 6-foot-9 forward is shooting a career-low 21.9 percent from 3-point range this season and does not offer the interior presence of a traditional big. The Nets don’t have an elite shooter outside of Harris who can at least offer defensive resistance against the top teams in the Eastern Conference. The recent hot stretch has the Nets positioned as a potential buyer ahead of Dec. Collins is in his sixth year with the Hawks. The Brooklyn Nets have surged to fourth place in the Eastern Conference after winning 10 of their last 13 games. Replacing Harris with Collins, who struggles to defend in space, would further limit Brooklyn’s already abysmal point-of-attack defense moving forward.

The Nets have entered the John Collins sweepstakes — but the Atlanta Hawks reportedly aren't interested in what the Nets are selling.

The Nets, who battled through early season struggles that saw coach Steve Nash sacked then dealt with the suspension of Kyrie Irving in an anti-Semitism row, ...

Butler scored seven straight points in the burst and Miami held on for the win. Durant added nine rebounds and six assists and Irving added 24 points as the Nets dealt the Wizards a seventh straight defeat. On Monday, the Nets led by double digits for much of the second half, holding the Wizards to 45 points after the interval.

In the Brooklyn Nets' 112-100 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday, Nets guard Ben Simmons 10 points, eight rebounds, and five assists.

The Washington Wizards got thumped by the surging Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the surging Brooklyn Nets. It was Washington's seventh loss in a row and ...

Points produced is not the same as points scored. PPA is my overall production metric, which credits players for things they do that help a team win (scoring, rebounding, playmaking, defending) and dings them for things that hurt (missed shots, turnovers, bad defense, fouls). Anyone new to basketball who listened to Miller and Gooden talk about the team, would have to believe that the Wizards are one of the NBA’s true powers. For example, last night they put a graphic up on the screen showing Avdija’s per game averages in The Glory Stats over the past three games. In my defense, the Brooklyn feed was glitching at my house, and the Washington feed operated properly. It’s not that they root for the Wizards — that’s normal for the hometown broadcast team. - Deni Avdija was missing in action, again — 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 turnover, 4 fouls in 27 minutes. - Kyle Kuzma was atrocious — he used 21 field goal attempts and 4 turnovers to score 20 points and generate 3 assists. His shooting was fine (7-11 from the floor), but had had 1 assist and 5 turnovers. [Orlando Magic](https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com) — nine games into the future. The Nets averaged less than a point per possession when Gafford was defending the middle. [Washington Wizards](https://www.bulletsforever.com) got thumped by the surging Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the surging [Brooklyn Nets](https://www.netsdaily.com).

After so much turmoil to start the 2022 campaign, the Brooklyn Nets have finally begun to look like the contenders many expected. The Nets have had two ...

He was also a head coach in Orlando for three years and has been with the Nets organization since ‘16. [Irving](https://deadspin.com/kyrie-irving-s-apology-tour-comes-to-a-close-but-he-st-1849806754) claimed the Nets didn’t really have a coach almost immediately upon Nash’s hiring, it was over. We’ve seen some of everything out of this Nets team over the past couple of years, and at this point, nothing they do is shocking. One saving grace this time is the advantage of having an interim head coach, Jacque Vaughn, that’s qualified to be in that position and one that players respect. Once Harden was gone, it was just Irving without Durant, and the Nets began to free fall. Rumors about a rift between Irving and Harden had begun to circulate, followed by Harden forcing his way out of Brooklyn — to Philadelphia — at the trade deadline of Feb.

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Nets were struggling to get to .500. Now, they're among the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

[Knicks](https://elitesportsny.com/teams/knicks/) for [10th place in the Eastern Conference](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2023_standings_by_date_eastern_conference.html). The Nets’ front office wanted to give Vaughn a legitimate shot to compete with the current roster. They’re just 4.5 games behind the first-place Boston Celtics, with only the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers in front of them. After being in 10th place as recently as November 25th, they woke up on December 13th with the Brooklyn lost to the Indiana Pacers on November 25th, dropping its record to 9-11. They’ve now won four games in a row, as well as coming out on top in eight of their last nine matchups.

It's not quite right to say Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets have come full circle. Yes, after downing the Washington Wizards by a final of 112-100 on ...

[NBA.com](https://stats.nba.com/), [Basketball Reference](https://www.basketball-reference.com/) and [Cleaning the Glass](https://www.cleaningtheglass.com/stats/). Are the Nets on the same level as the Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks as East elites? But add up Durant's reliable dominance, Irving's relatively uneventful few weeks and a supporting cast rounding into form, and you've got a team with the talent to do real damage against almost anybody. Just don't write the Nets off. They still need more depth up front behind Nic Claxton, and Simmons' health will remain a concern until he stays on the floor long enough to prove it isn't. And the Nets' return to the contention conversation is mostly about players performing the way they're supposed to. Durant hung an easy 30 points on the Wizards and is averaging 32.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.6 assists on 62.9 percent shooting during the Nets' 8-1 stretch. But a circle is a simple, orderly shape, and the path KD and his team traveled to get here was neither of those things. Scrutinize the schedule, and the skeptic's argument rings out clearly. After that, the Nets took out the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers before besting the Wizards again on Monday night. KD would later ask for both head coach Steve Nash and top executive Sean Marks' to be removed in a "they go, or I go" [ultimatum](https://theathletic.com/3485297/2022/08/08/kevin-durant-nets-trade-steve-nash/). There was also Irving's [suspension](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/sports/basketball/kyrie-irving-apology-antisemitic-documentary.html) for promoting an antisemitic film and initially refusing to apologize, Nash's firing, the hand-wringing about Ben Simmons' health and effectiveness, Durant's [public knocks](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10055867-br-exclusive-kevin-durant-explains-trade-request-coaching-frustrations-and-more) on teammates, injuries up and down the roster and, probably, a partridge in a pear tree.

The Brooklyn Nets started the 2022-23 season in one of the worst ways possible, scoring a rough 1-6 record and looking like a complete mess in nearly every ...

At the end of the day, Patrick Beverley has never played for his hometown, and it's always great to see that type of reunion for a player. A few days ago, Patrick Beverley teased that he wanted to be a member of the Golden State Warriors so that he could join Draymond Green. It turns out, it was more than just a tease, and that Patrick Beverley was actually almost going to sign with the Warriors. However, they definitely do have a surplus of guards and it would be tough to see how he fits in the rotation. Lots of cap space Per OverTheCap, the Raiders have the third-highest cap space in the league ($48.4 million), giving them the ability to make a splash in free agency. He had 11 sacks in 17 games, tied for second on the Eagles, a unit that led the league in sacks (70). If the Cowboys are going to try to improve with a 91.1 passer, it might as well be with the 29-year-old and not the 39-year-old, right? Love agreed to a contract buyout with the Cavaliers, with the Heat being viewed as the frontrunner to sign him. Lakers While there have been a few rumors to the contrary, it doesn’t appear as if star big man Anthony Davis has any intention of not being with the Lakers for the long haul, per Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Rodgers, 39, has a reputation for being difficult and for being great, but he's coming off the worst season of his career, with a 91.1 passer rating and a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 26:12. However, as he recited the names of the city's teams, James mistakenly referred to the Golden Knights as the Kings. It would be something a lot more controversial, like for him to go to the Dallas Cowboys or something like that.