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    Nets nip Hornets, improve to 2-0 since Kyrie suspension

    Kevin Durant scores 27, leads Nets past Hornets
    Nov 6, 2022
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    Kevin Durant goes 7 for 15 in 26 minutes of play.
    PHOTO: AP

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin Durant scored 27 points and the Brooklyn Nets erased a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the short-handed Charlotte Hornets, 98-94, on Saturday night (Sunday, Manila time), improving to 2-0 since Kyrie Irving's suspension.

    Terry Rozier returned from a seven-game absence and led Charlotte with 25 points on six 3-pointers.

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    Other statistics were not immediately available after the game as the league's Genius Stats scoring system crashed in Charlotte in the third quarter. The public relations staff was quickly working to compile additional statistics.

    The Hornets outscored the Nets 17-6 to open the fourth quarter to take an 11-point lead and appeared ready to pull away.

    Rozier knocked down 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions, Nick Richards added a three-point play and Rozier made a free throw after Nic Claxton was assessed a technical foul for disputing a call.

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    But the Nets came storming back behind Durant and Cam Thomas. They trimmed the lead to two on a corner 3 from Joe Harris, then tied the game when Thomas stole a pass at midcourt and was fouled on a layup attempt. He connected on both free throws with 2:39 remaining.

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    Thomas gave the Nets the lead on a drive before P.J. Washington knocked down a 3 from the top of the key to give Charlotte a 92-91 lead with about a minute to play.

    But Durant took over from there.

    Durant made a big 3 from the right wing to give the Nets the lead for good and added a baseline jumper to push Brooklyn's lead to four.

    Mason Plumlee got an offensive rebound off a tipped Rozier 3-pointer with 27 seconds left to cut the lead in half before Thomas knocked home two free throws to make it a two-possession game with 14 seconds left.

    Rozier missed two 3s on the other end and the Nets (4-6) escaped with the win.

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      Nets: Seth Curry returned to action while Ben Simmons was out for the fourth straight game with left knee soreness.

      Hornets: Dennis Smith Jr., who has been filling in admirably at point guard in the absence of Rozier and LaMelo Ball, left the game in the first half with a sprained left ankle and did not return. Ball has missed nine games and Rozier was out seven with sprained ankles of their own.

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