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NBA: Nets alarm: Kevin Durant could have a serious knee injury | nba 2022

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The Brooklyn star left injured after Jimmy Butler fell to his right knee

Kevin Durant during a game with the Nets.MICHAEL REAVESAFP
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Los Brooklyn Nets achieved a long-suffering victory this Sunday in Miami (102-101), the fourteenth in the last fifteen games, led by a Kyrie Irving very inspired with 29 points. But victory could have been very expensive since Kevin Durant He had to retire to the locker room in the third quarter due to knee problems… and could be a serious injury.

Previously During ahead of Dominique Wilkins in the table of all-time leading scorers and rose to the fourteenth position of scorers in the NBA with 26,684 points, 26 of the 26,710 of Oscar Robertson.

His game ended with 17 points in thirty minutes, but his departure sets off alarm bells in Brooklyn. Irving chipped in 29 for the Nets, second in the East.

Los Nets They started the game in the same vein as last month, by imposing a huge rhythm and demand for the Heat, who saw Irving shoot up in scoring with three triples from four attempts and closed the first quarter with eleven points.

The degree of rapport and commitment that these Nets currently have could be verified with 2-7 in favor in the light and less than two minutes played.

Durant and Irving had a defensive misunderstanding that led to an easy shot from Tyler Herroand the Brooklyn forward requested a timeout to discuss and adjust.

Brooklyn’s defense dried up Miami’s attack for the first few minutes, forcing them to end many possessions in the final seconds with forced shots. They achieved in the middle of the first quarter up to nine points ahead.

Tyler Herro did not score, he barely added two points at that time Kyle Lowry and four Bam Adebayo. The Heat found the one they paid the least defensive attention to, a Haywood Highsmith who was starting due to the absence of Caleb Martin, and closed the first period with seven points.

Jimmy Butler It took him up to five minutes to score his first basket, as Durant himself took charge of his defense and was very effective.

The first quarter closed with a spectacular finish, two triples in the last two seconds, the first of T. J. Warrenwhich left a breath for Gabe Vincent to receive and score with a foreshortening.

He did not get all the rent that Brooklyn could despite having been better in the first period. Just one point ahead at the end of the quarter with 30-31, between Irving and Durant they already had 18 points.

He managed to match Miami’s level of intensity in the second quarter, thanks in part to the great contribution of the bench with 13 points in this period. Max Strus with seven points and Victor Oladipo with eight they were the ones who contributed the most in the first half.

Adebayo found problems whenever Durant defended him, however against other defenders he added both with scoring and rebounding. In a defensive imbalance he was paired with Joe Harris and went over him to score and add the personal foul.

That was the other weak point of the Heat’s power forward, the free throw line, he failed to score any of the three he caused.

Miami came to take the lead on several occasions, achieving its maximum until then with four points coinciding with Butler’s best minutes on the court and also Herro’s first points in the game.

Irving remained very inspired from the perimeter and reached the break with five three-pointers out of eight attempts, to return control of the game to his team and close the break with just two rental points at 64-66.

The third quarter was of defenses. Both teams found plenty of scoring trouble and stepped up their rim protection.

The partial of this period was 18-13 in favor of Miami, and Durant watched the last moments of it from the locker room, where he went to get treatment for your knee. Don’t go back to the track.

The last seconds of the third quarter were very fruitful for Miami with a triple by Tyler Herro, an offensive foul by Ben Simmons and a basket from the paint by Orlando Robinson. The home team managed to close a quarter above on the scoreboard for the first time in the match with 82-79.

Herro took all the spotlights starting the last period with eight consecutive points and shot Miami’s advantage up to nine points (90-81), he would finish with eleven in the last stretch for the 24 so many with which he closed his statistics.

The Nets reacted at the hands of Seth Curry with nine points in this period, restoring equality to the light.

Butler hung on two consecutive occasions from the hoop to put Miami up on the scoreboard (101-100) with 1:12 to go. And three good defenses from the locals seemed to kill, but they did not score again and an offensive rebound from Royce O’Neal served to give the Nets the win.

With 3.2 seconds to go, Miami played with Butler but failed to score and the away victory was closed by 101-102.

Neither could Adebayo finish the game due to discomfort in one hand.

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