NBA Spectacular game of the guard in the comeback of Brooklyn
Kevin Durant y Kyrie Irving they can breathe easy. You know that even though they are not on the court, Brooklyn Nets are in good hands with a James Harden that was enough alone to complete the comeback and defeat the Phoenix Suns (124-128) with a new basketball exhibition.
The guard took advantage of the absences of the other two stars of the New York franchise and once again demonstrated why he has an NBA MVP trophy in his windows. Harden signed a double-double of 36 points and 11 assists to which he added six rebounds and five triples. A statistical line that only Vince Carter had signed in team history.
Numbers with which Harden led the spectacular comeback of Steve Nash’s team, which lost by 24 points and ended up taking his fourth consecutive victory to place only one game away from the Sixers in the fight for the first place in the East.
Harden’s 3-pointer with 31 seconds left put the Nets in the lead for the first time all game, at 124-126, before scoring two free throws with 11.3 seconds to go. The Suns did not score in the final 2:48 minutes of the game.
The Suns (17-10) saw their six-game winning streak end. Point guard Chris Paul scored 29 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough for the hosts. Hispanic guard Devin Booker added 22 points.
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