NBA Twitter reacts to the Nets falling to the Grizzlies and Ja Morant’s big game
The Brooklyn Nets stumbled to a third consecutive loss at home on Monday night, as Ja Morant dropped 36 points and the Memphis Grizzlies rolled to a 118-104 win.
Kevin Durant led the Nets with 26 points on 8-of-24 shooting from the field, but was a team-worst -23 on the night. James Harden, following four consecutive 30+ point nights, was held to 19 points from 14 shots, along with just eight assists and four rebounds, well below his season averages.
The Nets will return to the court on Wednesday night in Indiana, where they expect superstar guard Kyrie Irving to make his season debut against the Pacers.
Here’s what fans were saying about Monday’s loss:
Ja unleashed in Brooklyn 😳 pic.twitter.com/gnYgHqasEN
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) January 4, 2022
FLIGHT 12 HAS LANDED IN BROOKLYN 🤯
18 in Q3, 33 overall for Ja on @NBATV pic.twitter.com/LYUk51Hcrj
— NBA (@NBA) January 4, 2022
THROW UP THE L @BrooklynNets pic.twitter.com/clz8UulDiM
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) January 4, 2022
The Brooklyn Nets crowd is chanting “MVP” to Ja Morant as he shoots freethrows.
— Cole! (@colabasas) January 4, 2022
Antonio Brown is at the Brooklyn Nets game tonight: pic.twitter.com/xw613NbXlf
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 4, 2022
Kevin Durant on Ja Morant: “You see him blossoming before our very eyes.”
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) January 4, 2022
Ja Morant has outplayed Lebron James and Kevin Durant within the same week
— A sports, entertainment, media & tech company (@PeriwinkleRip) January 4, 2022
Over the past week, Ja Morant has played against Chris Paul, Devin Booker, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and James Harden in 3 different games.
Each game, Ja Morant has been the best player on the court in 3 Grizzlies Wins. #JaMorant #NBAAllStar
— Shawn Coleman (@StatsSAC) January 4, 2022
James Harden on the Nets getting Kyrie Irving back:
"He's a special talent, but there's things that we need to correct internally and individually that can help us. Adding Kyrie back is gonna be more special." pic.twitter.com/ABimVi2BqU
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) January 4, 2022
More from Kevin Durant on what it means for Kyrie Irving to come back:
"This is our livelihoods, this is something we dream about every day. To go through this situation and get an opportunity to play right now, I know there's a lot of emotions going through his head." pic.twitter.com/xAZxXEaaXO
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) January 4, 2022
"We've let teams come here and do what they want, get any shot that they want, and they're capitalizing"
James Harden talks about the Nets' defensive issues and overall play: pic.twitter.com/HGI6F3z7XK
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) January 4, 2022
1
1
