Posted on 10/24/2021 11:15:29 PM PDT by conservative98
The Nets’ home opener was a wreck, from the testy pro-Kyrie Irving protests outside that forced Barclays Center to briefly close its doors, to getting their doors blown off in a 111-95 loss to the Hornets.
After leading by double-digits just before halftime and by nine in the third quarter, the Nets got blitzed 32-17 in a sorry fourth quarter to lose their home opener before a sellout crowd of 17,732, including Jay-Z sitting right next to their bench.
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Durant had a game-high 38 points, but James Harden, who scored 15 points, was the only other Net in double-figures. And he was off his game, with eight turnovers.
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Other than Durant, the rest of the Nets combined for 57 points on 21-for-63 shooting.
Irving is ineligible to play home games due to his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and the Nets have shelved him until he’s fully available. For the time being, the Nets are going to be missing an All-Star difference-maker.
But Durant knows that’s no alibi.
“While we’re playing in a game, I’m not going to sit there and say ‘Oh, when we get down or it’s a tight game, like, damn, we don’t have enough.’ We’re not going to be thinking about [Irving] during the game,” Durant said. “We definitely want Kyrie Irving out here on the floor, and he’s a huge part of what we do. But it’s not happening right now. So we’ve got to figure it out.
“But no one is going to lose confidence while we’re playing and hope Kyrie comes to save us during the game.
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NOW - Protesters against vaccine mandates breaking through barricades to Barclay's Center in NYC, chanting "Let Kyrie play"pic.twitter.com/PIWk42Uyus— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 24, 2021
Dr. King would be proud of Kyrie. I know I am! Freedom!
Durant is such a cry-baby prima donna. Glad to see him lose.
Gotta love it. Finally, some protests over mandates.
Try to imagine how little I care.
Basketball is less exciting to me than watching paint dry.
When Michael Jordan played in the league, it was fun to watch.
I don’t watch black sports anymore. NBA calls the owners of their teams “Governors” instead of “Owners”. LOL.
That’s odd. Charlotte fans didn’t see it as a sorry fourth quarter.
Durant is an unalloyed commie
Durant is such a coward to not stand with Kyrie and denounce DeCommie-O’s illegal mandate.
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