National Basketball Association
Brooklyn 120, Oklahoma City 96
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 14, 2021
Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials:
#54 Ray Acosta, #71 Rodney Mott, #78 Evan Scott
Attendance:
15080
By Field Level Media
Kevin Durant scored 33 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 120-96 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.
Patty Mills added 29 points, making a career-high nine 3-pointers.
The Nets have won three consecutive games and eight of their last nine, finishing a season-long six-game road trip 5-1. They also snapped the Thunder's four-game winning streak.
In four of their five wins this season, the Thunder have come back from a deficit of at least 16 points. Once again, Oklahoma City found itself in a big hole, as Brooklyn stretched its lead to 20 early in the fourth quarter.
Ty Jerome ignited a bit of a comeback, scoring eight points in a 17-7 Thunder run to help Oklahoma City cut the deficit to 10 and force Brooklyn coach Steve Nash to insert Durant and Blake Griffin back into the game after Jerome's 3-pointer with just less than six minutes remaining.
But the Nets quickly stretched the lead back out, with a 12-2 run over the next three minutes with six points each from Durant and Mills.
Brooklyn started building a lead early in the contest, with 10 first-quarter points by Durant.
Luguentz Dort, the star of Oklahoma City's last two wins, got off to a hot start offensively, scoring 11 in the opening quarter while also making his mark on defense.
Dort got into foul trouble in the second quarter, though, including picking up his third foul midway through the quarter on a play challenged by Thunder coach Mark Daigneault. Daigneault challenged the foul, which was originally called on Josh Giddey. Instead, it was switched to a foul on Dort.
But facing a team with the Nets' offensive firepower, Daigneault opted to stick with Dort, who soon picked up his fourth foul.
Dort finished with 20 points, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 23 points.
James Harden, coming off his biggest game of the season, had 16 but was just 1 of 8 from behind the arc.
Durant scored 13 of his points from the free-throw line as the Nets had 20 free throws to Oklahoma City's 10.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Brooklyn |
|
Oklahoma City |
Kevin Durant 33 |
Scoring |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 23 |
James Harden 13 |
Assists |
Josh Giddey 4 |
LaMarcus Aldridge 8 |
Rebounds |
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 8 |
Kevin Durant 13 |
Free Throws Made |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 4 |
James Harden 3 |
Steals |
Kenrich Williams 2 |
LaMarcus Aldridge 2 |
Blocks |
Aleksej Pokusevski 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Brooklyn
|
120 |
50.0 |
18-43 |
20-21 |
31 |
44 |
3 |
8 |
15 |
Oklahoma City
|
96 |
40.0 |
14-45 |
10-11 |
20 |
44 |
2 |
9 |
14 |
Upcoming Games
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Oklahoma City will play their next game at home against Miami. The Thunder have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .286 after a loss.
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Brooklyn will play their next game at home against Golden State. The Nets have a W/L % of .600 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.