Harden and Durant together scored 47 points in a 102-99 road win for Brooklyn, who led the Eastern Conference with 17 wins against seven losses.
Dwight Powell (left) and Reggie Bullock (right) of the Dallas Mavericks defend as Kevin Durant (7) of the Brooklyn Nets shoots a shot in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas. AP
James Harden and Kevin Durant led a late comeback when the Brooklyn Nets picked up a 17 point deficit in the third quarter and overtook the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.
Harden and Durant combined scored 47 points in one 102-99 road win for Brooklyn, who led the Eastern Conference with 17 wins against seven losses.
Brooklyn’s win was sealed by a devastating score in the fourth quarter when the Nets overcame Dallas 27:13.
Brooklyn took the lead for the first time in the game with a Harden free throw to make it 91-90, 6 min 41 remaining.
Dallas star Luka Doncic took the lead back twice for the Mavericks, but a 25-foot triple of Patty Mills pushed Brooklyn back into the lead in 98-97 with just under three minutes on the clock.
The win at the American Airlines Center in Dallas was a justification for Brooklyn coach Steve Nash, who Harden and Durant over 41 and 40 respectively Minutes left on the square .
« With a game like tonight we had a bit of a problem and needed some juice for fourth quarter.
« The coach kept me and James on the pitch to give us an extra boost and it worked. »
« I’m proud of how we came up with solutions and won games », said Nash. « We’re knocking on the door to take our game to a higher category. »
Doncic led the Mavs scorers with 28 points, but Dallas paid the price for only getting nine out of 46 attempts Three-point range made.
In Los Angeles, the Lakers at the Staples Center scored a commanding win over the Boston Celtics.
LeBron James finished with 30 points, while Russell Westbrook finished 24 in a 117-102 win for the Lakers who improved to 13-12 with the win.
James, who returned to service last week after entering the league’s COVID-19 logs after a series of conflicting test results, added has now scored 30 points or more in four of his last five appearances.
« We had a lot of good moments tonight and we want to build on that. We can still clean up a lot, but tonight was one of the best 48 minute Games we’ve had so far, « said James, relieved after one Play again in a season punctuated by injuries, suspensions and last week’s COVID-19 intrigue.
« Unfortunately, I haven’t been on the ground as often this season as I would like, but tonight I felt really good, « said James.
« My teammates picked me up and I tried to pick them up. Hopefully we can hold out for the foreseeable future. »
Anthony Davis had 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Lakers while Talen had Horton-Tucker with Started 12 points.
Boston’s standings were led by Jayson Tatum, who finished with 34 points after striking 13 of 22 off the field, including five threes.
Elsewhere, the New York Knicks ended on Tuesday their losing streak of three games with a 121-109 win against the San Antonio Spurs.
RJ Barrett led the New York team and achieved double-digit results with 32 points as six Knicks players.
The Knicks improved with the win to 12-12 and stayed in 11th just outside the playoff places of the Eastern Conference.
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An excited James scored eight of the Lakers’ 12 points in the extra session and slashed two threes for victory on his return from a one-game ban when his team fell against the Knicks.
Jokic hit 14 of his 19 shots from the ground and returned five assists in just under 27 minutes in his third game since missing four games with a wrist injury in late November.
James also had a couple of fans who were kicked out of the Pacers’ game in extra time after they caught him from their seats on the field.
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