NBA: Harden, Durant and Irving help Nets to victory over Bulls, Lakers collapse against Kings

Durant’s
game-high
27
and
Harden’s
double-double
of
25
points
and
a
season-high
16
assists
inspired
the
Nets
to
a
routine
victory
at
United
Center.

Kyrie
Irving,
who
is
barred
from
playing
home
games,
added
nine
points
in
his
third
game
back
for
the
Nets,
but
it
was
Durant
who
stole
the
show
with
17
points
in
the
third.

The
11-time
NBA
All-Star
has
now
scored
at
least
25
points
in
12
straight
games
and
in
the
process
denied
the
Bulls
a
first
regular-season
sweep
of
the
Nets
since
1997-98.

After
seeing
off
the
Detroit
Pistons
133-87
on
Tuesday,
the
Bulls
become
the
first
team
in
NBA
history
to
win
by
45+
points
one
day
and
then
lost
by
25+
the
next.

The

@BrooklynNets
take
home
the
big
W
behind

@JHarden13‘s
HUGE
night!

25
PTS,
7
REB
and
a
season-high
16
ASTpic.twitter.com/z5num2I4N0

—
NBA
(@NBA)

January
13,
2022

Kings
snap
losing
streak
against
Lakers

LeBron
James’
34
points
were
not
enough
as
the
Los
Angeles
Lakers
fell
125-116
to
the
Sacramento
Kings,
who
snapped
a
five-game
losing
streak
in
the
process.

On
their
worst
run
of
the
season,
the
Kings
regularly
found
themselves
trailing
and
were
six
down
at
half-time
before
taking
control
in
the
third
quarter.

Russell
Westbrook’s
missed
3-pointer
paved
the
way
for
Chimezie
Metu
to
make
a
clutch
3-pointer
with
46.7
seconds
remaining
and
Tyrese
Haliburton
rounded
off
the
scoring.

The
Lakers,
who
saw
James
score
31
or
more
for
the
11th
time
in
12
games
in
the
injury
absence
of
Carmelo
Anthony,
have
now
lost
two
in
a
row
and
are
21-21
for
the
season.

Final
from
Sacramento

pic.twitter.com/LUlGXSqGgK

—
Los
Angeles
Lakers
(@Lakers)

January
13,
2022

Heat’s
run
goes
on

The
Miami
Heat
may
have
six
players
on
their
inactive
list,
but
they
won
for
a
third
game
running
with
a
115-91
victory
against
the
Atlanta
Hawks.

Tyler
Herro
had
a
game-high
21
points
and
added
11
assists
as
the
Heat,
now
26-15
for
the
season,
kept
within
touching
distance
of
the
Eastern
Conference
leaders.

Elsewhere
on
Wednesday,
the
Dallas
Mavericks’ six-game
winning
streak
was
brought
to
an
end
with
a
108-85
loss
to
the
New
York
Knicks.

RJ
Barrett’s
32
made
him
the
youngest
player
in
franchise
history
with
consecutive
30-point
games
as
the
Knicks
won
for
a
fourth
time
in
five
games.