{"id":767888,"date":"2022-12-08T13:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T18:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=767888"},"modified":"2023-01-05T01:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T06:57:14","slug":"brooklyn-leaningon-two-man-game-and-versatility-of-kevin-durant-and-kyrie-irving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/brooklyn-leaningon-two-man-game-and-versatility-of-kevin-durant-and-kyrie-irving\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Leaning on Two-Man Game and &#8216;Versatility&#8217; of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No. 7 and No. 11 did their thing on Wednesday night, combining for 62 points, 17 assists, and 14 rebounds in a 122-116 win over the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/report-charlotte-let-go-james-borrego\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"744687\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>. Known as offensive machines, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/kevin-durant-on-his-season-high-45-point-outing-i-always-feel-like-im-on\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"766912\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Durant<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/kyrie-irving-set-to-move-forward-from-8-game-suspension\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"766358\" target=\"_blank\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> simply did what they did best: score the ball and create shots for their team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durant had 29 points, eight assists, and nine rebounds, shooting 12-19 from the field. The majority of his buckets came from knocking down \u201cmiddies,\u201d his bread and butter, and jams (no pun intended).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoop + the harm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YM9tVDassg\">pic.twitter.com\/YM9tVDassg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/1600652766673653761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Getting to his spot \ud83d\udcb0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/giSk3Lfxd3\">pic.twitter.com\/giSk3Lfxd3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/1600682707775680512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Right down the lane <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lI7p4VRRbb\">pic.twitter.com\/lI7p4VRRbb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/1600656193282002945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/kevin-durant-mvp-slam-178\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/kevin-durant-mvp-slam-178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SLAM 178 cover star<\/a> spoke on the success of his two-man game with Irving.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust gives us some versatility.\u201d, Durant said per <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nets-kevin-durant-says-pick-135717524.html?src=rss\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nets-kevin-durant-says-pick-135717524.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo<\/a>. \u201cHe (Irving) can score at all three levels with legendary efficiency. They (Hornets) even put two guys on the ball; I can throw that (the ball) over the top; he can act as a big man, shoot that little middie and play in the pocket\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irving found and generated shots in the pick-and-roll en route to a 33-point, nine-dime, five-rebound, and four-block night. The seven-time All-Star was a walking highlight reel, finishing with several of his patented finishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finesse move. Sheesh. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrooklynNets<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jfpa3X9muA\">pic.twitter.com\/Jfpa3X9muA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1600868851469750273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bank is open late <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TvjZzuewxi\">pic.twitter.com\/TvjZzuewxi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/1600672957046882304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Showtime \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ByVp8mlDA\">pic.twitter.com\/8ByVp8mlDA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/1600656723056136192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Durant x Irving show continues on Friday as the Nets take on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/atlanta-hawks-sign-former-top-10-pick-jarrett-culver-to-two-way-deal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"759145\" target=\"_blank\">Hawks<\/a> at Barclay\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. 7 and No. 11 did their thing on Wednesday night, combining for 62 points, 17 assists, and 14 rebounds in a 122-116 win over the Charlotte Hornets. Known as offensive machines, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving simply did what they did best: score the ball and create shots for their team.&nbsp; Durant had 29 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":767889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62694,18,63826,62493],"tags":[101,5200,580,288,2222],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-767888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kyrie-irving"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770156,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767888\/revisions\/770156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767888"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=767888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}