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NEW YORK — Nets star Kevin Durant will not play in the NBA All-Star Game due to an injured hamstring, but he will play captain and general manager for his All-Star squad Team Durant, the New York Daily News confirmed Saturday. Durant, who was named Eastern Conference All-Star captain for the the March 7 game by raking in more combined fan, player and media votes, will still select his team’s ...

The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks will host their first home games with fans in nearly a year at Barclays Center and Madison Square Garden, respectively, Tuesday night, as coronavirus restrictions ease in New York.

The Nets blew an 18-point first quarter lead, built a fourth-quarter lead back up to 10, then blew that lead, too, in a 149-146 loss to the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Brooklyn had an opportunity to take the lead on a clean look at a last-second layup, but it was only fitting they blew that look, too. James Harden (left thigh contusion) did not play. The Nets led by five with seven seconds ...

The Nets shouldn’t have been in this position in the first place. Yet there they were, down one with five seconds to go in regulation after leading by 18 points in the first quarter, 10 to start the fourth and by five with just 12 seconds left in the game. A series of botched offensive sequences punctuated one of the most frustrating losses of the early season, right up there with the ...

When the Nets play defense, they are impossible to stop. The Nets scored 23 points on fast-break opportunities, including seven off Hawks turnovers, that proved critical to Brooklyn’s 132-128 overtime win over the Hawks in Atlanta. The Nets have now won three games in a row after beating the Heat in back-to-back outings in Brooklyn. A possession pivotal to the Nets’ win occurred in the opening ...

There was a point in Saturday’s fourth quarter, when Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant were on their way to scoring every Brooklyn point against the Miami Heat — all 32 of them in the quarter — that Irving said later, “That’s who we can be.” What’s better than having these three great players on the same team? Oh, I don’t know, a ham sandwich? Let me say this before getting into the ...

Here’s one thing we know about the Nets: They have three superstar offensive talents. Here are three more important things to note: They struggle defensively, struggle on the boards, and struggle taking care of the ball. It’s a recipe for disaster, as evidenced in the Nets’ 125-113 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Kevin Durant did not play, but the team’s biggest issues cut deeper ...

The Eastern Conference runs through Kevin Durant now.

Kyrie Irving wont play Monday night when the Brooklyn Nets host the Milwaukee Bucks, ESPN reported.

Jared Quay & Matt Gothard break down the Brooklyn Nets' odds to win the NBA Title with the addition of James Harden.