NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yuta Watanabe’s Nets beat the Grizzlies 127-115 at home in the NBA on Thursday.
Watanabe played for about 25 minutes. He scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, including 4 3-point shots.
Nets forward Kyrie Irving returned from an eight-game suspension for posting a link to an anti-Semitic documentary on social media. He started and contributed 14 points and five rebounds to the win.
The player, who boasts a total of seven All-Star selections, apologized on the US media SNY on the 19th. He apologized in front of the press before the match on the 20th.
The Wizards, to whom Rui Hachimura belongs, beat the Hornets 106-102. Hachimura is absent. A Wizards statement said he has pain in his right ankle.
