By BRIAN MAHONEY - AP Basketball Writer

By BRIAN MAHONEY – AP basketball writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving had 34 points and 12 assists, Kevin Durant added 25 points and 11 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets clinched seventh place in the Eastern Conference by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-108 on Tuesday night defeated the play-in opener. The Nets raced to … Read more

By BRIAN MAHONEY – AP basketball writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have played in the NBA Finals and the Olympics, so they’ve been in pretty much every big game there is. The play-in tournament is something new for them, and the Brooklyn Nets certainly didn’t expect to see it this … Read more

By BRIAN MAHONEY – AP basketball writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving has been waiting all season for a chance to play in front of his home fans, and it sure wasn’t how he envisioned it. “Not the result we wanted, I wasn’t shooting as well as I wanted,” Irving said. “Basically, none of … Read more

By BRIAN MAHONEY – AP basketball writer NEW YORK (AP) — Already without Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons, the Brooklyn Nets had lost another starter to illness and one to injury. They still had Kevin Durant and that was enough against Utah. “He made us pay for it,” said jazz forward Rudy Gay. Durant had … Read more