The Brooklyn Nets remain the hottest team in the North American professional basketball league NBA.
On Monday evening (December 26, 2022/local time), the team led by the two superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving won the Cleveland Cavaliers and thus the ninth game in a row. This is the longest run of success Netssince her 2012 after Brooklyn have moved. With a record of 22 wins and 12 losses, the Nets oust the “Cavs” from third place in the Eastern Conference.
Durant passes Duncan
Durant and Irving each scored 32 points. With four successful threes in the last three minutes before half-time, Irving led the visitors in an 18-2 run and a 64-49 lead at the break. Durant ousted Tim Duncan from 15th place on the NBA’s all-time leaderboard. In the “Cavs” Darius Garland braced himself against the defeat, he scored 18 of his 46 points in the fourth quarter.
Clippers with a strong final sprint
Die Los Angeles Clippers Thanks to two strong final spurts, they won 142:131 (66:61) after extra time Detroit Pistons through. With a 13-1 run in the last two and a half minutes of the fourth quarter, the visitors forced overtime, which the Clippers ended with an 11-0 run. There, Paul George (32 points) and Terance Mann led the Clippers to their 20th win of the season.
