The NBA kicked off the new 2020-21 season with forward Kevin Durant as the center of attention in his debut as head of the Brooklyn Nets who gave everything an exhibition against his former Golden State Warriors team, whom they beat by beating 125-99.
The base Kyrie Irving also took charge of being the leader of the Nets with 26 points and four assists. that allowed former Canadian star Steve Nash debut with a great victory as NBA coach.
Further, the Nets snapped a seven-game losing streak in season openers and are 1-0 for the first time since November 3, 2012, his first game played at the Barclays Center after moving from New Jesey.
Durant, just like old times
Durant, who hadn’t played a game since June 2019 when he was still with the Warriors in the fifth game of the NBA Finals, where he was seriously injured, He looked like in his best moments and contributed 22 points, getting 7 of 7 from the personnel line, in addition to capturing five rebounds, he distributed three assists and recovered three balls in 25 minutes of action.
It is expected that Nets compete for the Eastern Conference title after Durant and Irving were finally on the court together and used the first game of the short 72-game season to demonstrate that they are ready to achieve that goal.
Double Double for Curry
The base Stephen Curry, who also returned from missing all of last season, contributed a double-double of 20 points and 10 assists. as leader of the Warriors, a team that nothing like the one who won two titles in three seasons in which Durant was with the Golden State franchise.
Durant, who signed as a free agent with the Nets, arrived already operated on the Achilles tendon and with the certainty of having to be out of work throughout the 2019-20 season, which It was complicated after having to be suspended, last March, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The teammates who have worked with him they said the four-time scoring champion was back in top form and Durant quickly backed up his boasting.s in a nearly empty Barclays Center.
Wiseman debut
The Positive news for the Warriors was seeing the debut of rookie center, teenager James Wiseman, selected with number two in the last university draw and he responded with 19 points and six rebounds.
But the Warriors, playing without power forward Draymond Green, due to right foot pain, they need to find more shots around Curry con Klay Thompson about to miss a second season in a row.
The Canadian forward Andrew Wiggins completed just 4 of 16 shots from the field for his 13 points and forward Kelly Oubre Jr., who arrived to fill Thompson’s vacancy, He also did not have his best debut with the Warriors, scoring six points (3-14, 0-6, 0-0), captured seven rebounds, gave two assists, recovered a ball and put two blocks.
