{"id":107716,"date":"2021-04-30T07:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/?p=107716"},"modified":"2021-04-30T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:35:00","slug":"durant-anota-42-nets-agota-la-antorcha-pacers-130-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/?p=107716","title":{"rendered":"Durant anota 42, Nets agota la antorcha Pacers 130-113"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS (AP) El entrenador de los Brooklyn Nets, Steve Nash, se da cuenta de que a veces no hay necesidad de pensar demasiado en las situaciones, especialmente cuando se trabaja con grandes jugadores como Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nash dej\u00f3 que Durant hiciera lo suyo el jueves por la noche, y la superestrella respondi\u00f3 con 42 puntos, el m\u00e1ximo de la temporada, mientras los Nets lograban una victoria por 130-113 sobre los agotados Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bb\u00bfQu\u00e9 puedo decir? Tengo el lujo de entrenar a Kevin Durant \u00bb, dijo Nash. \u00abLo pones en el juego y suceden cosas buenas\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durant anot\u00f3 22 puntos en el tercer cuarto mientras los Nets aumentaron su ventaja a 21 puntos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El alero All-Star disfrut\u00f3 especialmente de llamar la atenci\u00f3n de defensores adicionales, lo que abri\u00f3 la ofensiva para sus compa\u00f1eros. Durant termin\u00f3 con 10 asistencias. Fue bastante eficiente cuando tom\u00f3 sus propios tiros, conectando 16 de 24 en su octava apertura desde que estuvo fuera de juego durante casi dos meses por una lesi\u00f3n en el tend\u00f3n de la corva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abQuiero crear ese doble equipo\u00bb, dijo Durant. \u00abPero cuando tengo oportunidades de marcar, tambi\u00e9n me gusta aprovecharlas\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fue su tercer juego de 30 puntos o m\u00e1s desde su regreso, que tambi\u00e9n fue interrumpido durante tres juegos por una lesi\u00f3n en el muslo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abMe lo pone f\u00e1cil cuando est\u00e1 anotando puntos\u00bb, dijo la alero reserva de los Nets, Alize Johnson, quien anot\u00f3 20 puntos y 21 rebotes. \u00abEs divertido de ver\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson fue seleccionado por los Pacers en 2018, pero no ten\u00eda trabajo tan recientemente como el mes pasado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abLa energ\u00eda estuvo ah\u00ed desde el momento en que entr\u00e9 al edificio\u00bb, dijo Johnson. \u00abEstaba listo para salir y demostrar que pertenezco\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abIncre\u00edble l\u00ednea de estad\u00edsticas\u00bb, dijo Nash sobre Johnson. \u00ab Jug\u00f3 con energ\u00eda y nunca la trae la noche \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jugando sin Kyrie Irving y James Harden, los Nets construyeron una ventaja de dos d\u00edgitos en el segundo cuarto y nunca se vieron seriamente amenazados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Nets tienen marca de 29-8 desde el 10 de febrero, el mejor de la liga, y se han asegurado un lugar en los playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportseco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/usa_today_15987063-1030x1030.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107717\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NDIANAPOLIS (AP) Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash realizes that sometimes there&#8217;s no need to overthink situations, especially when working with great players such as Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nash let Durant do his thing on Thursday night, and the superstar responded with a season-high 42 points as the Nets glided to a 130-113 victory over the depleted Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bbWhat can I say? I have the luxury of coaching Kevin Durant,\u00bb Nash said. \u00bbYou stick him in the game and good things happen.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durant scored 22 points in the third quarter as the Nets stretched their lead to 21 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The All-Star forward took particular pleasure in drawing the attention of extra defenders, which opened up the offense for teammates. Durant finished with 10 assists. He was plenty efficient when he took his own shots, connecting on 16 of 24 in his eighth start since being sidelined for nearly two months with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bbI want to create that double team,\u00bb Durant said. \u00bbBut when I have scoring opportunities, I like to take advantage as well.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was his third game of 30 points or more since his return, which was also interrupted for three games by a thigh injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bbIt makes it easy for me when he&#8217;s scoring points,\u00bb said Nets reserve forward Alize Johnson, who had 20 points and 21 rebounds. \u00bbIt&#8217;s fun to watch.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson was drafted by the Pacers in 2018, but didn&#8217;t have a job as recently as last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bbThe energy was there from the moment I walked into the building,\u00bb Johnson said. \u00bbI was ready to go out there and prove that I belong.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bbIncredible stat line,\u00bb Nash said of Johnson. \u00bbHe played with energy and brings it never night.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing without Kyrie Irving and James Harden, the Nets built a double-digit lead by the second quarter and were never seriously threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nets are 29-8 since Feb. 10, best in the league, and have clinched a playoff spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBA.COM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS (AP) El entrenador de los Brooklyn Nets, Steve Nash, se da cuenta de que a veces no hay necesidad de pensar demasiado en las situaciones, especialmente cuando se trabaja con grandes jugadores como Kevin Durant. Nash dej\u00f3 que Durant hiciera lo suyo el jueves por la noche, y la superestrella respondi\u00f3 con 42 puntos, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basketball"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107718,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107716\/revisions\/107718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}