NBA Twitter reacts to Kevin Durant’s return in close loss to the Heat
The Brooklyn Nets‘ struggles at the Barclays Center this season continued on Thursday night, but there’s reason for optimism after superstar Kevin Durant made his long-awaited return from injury and dropped 31 points on the Miami Heat in a close loss.
Playing for the first time since January 15th, Durant was still relatively sharp from the field, shooting 10-of-21 for a shooting percentage of 47.6, just a few points below his season average.
The Nets were unable to take advantage of a short-handed Heat team missing Jimmy Butler, but Miami’s Bam Adebayo had a big night, scoring 30 points on 15 shots. Tyler Herro had another solid outing off the bench, adding 27.
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The Nets will next head to Boston for a Sunday afternoon showdown with the Boston Celtics. Here’s what fans and analysts were saying about Thursday’s game:
Kevin Durant is back! 🔥🔥🔥
Nets host Miami next on League Pass pic.twitter.com/8lNfybIlhd
— NBA (@NBA) March 4, 2022
Easy money.
Kevin Durant is BACK
(via @NBA)pic.twitter.com/lCKTeeNKWo
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) March 4, 2022
KD from deep
(via @BrooklynNets)pic.twitter.com/VRwDmLzCSi
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) March 4, 2022
Kevin Durant on how he felt in his return tonight:
"I felt great, I'm only going to get better. Take more of a load out there too. Pause" 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/DUkxE9mW4r
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) March 4, 2022
Kevin Durant on losing to the shorthanded Heat:
"Everybody loves to show their basketball IQ when they're looking on a paper. You look on the stat sheet, they had 4 guys with 20. It's like they had all-stars out there tonight. You can't underestimate anybody in this league" pic.twitter.com/6MOBogqjcw
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) March 4, 2022
Kevin Durant speaks on how long it takes to build chemistry:
"It could take 1 game. It could take 20 games. It's just a matter of getting out there and seeing what works for us" pic.twitter.com/cpBTBdJIgJ
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) March 4, 2022
Kevin Durant is back but Joe Harris out for the season. pic.twitter.com/NXDfGlbB4m
— Jac Manuell (@JacManuell) March 4, 2022
"This is a game we should win. We told our guys that after the game. We should feel disappointed" – Jacque Vaughn pic.twitter.com/xOPM8ibxkO
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) March 4, 2022
Sixers record since the Harden trade: 4-1
Nets record since the Harden trade: 3-7
— BGN (@BGN_5) March 4, 2022
Bam against the Nets pic.twitter.com/PqMrFqPg3W
— DisgruntledHeatfan (@IruHeatFlukes) March 4, 2022
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