KEVIN Durant scored a game-high 27 points and James Harden notched 25 points and 16 assists to lift the visiting Brooklyn Nets to a 138-112 blowout of the Chicago Bulls in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).
A 22-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters shifted the advantage to Brooklyn, which avenged a 23-point defeat in Chicago on Nov. 8 and a four-point home loss to the Bulls on Dec. 4.
Patty Mills scored 21 points for the Nets, and Day’Ron Sharpe had 20. Zach LaVine paced the Bulls with 22 points. Kyrie Irving added nine points in his third game this season.
Zach LaVine finished with 22 points and DeMar DeRozan followed with 19 for the Bulls, who committed 17 turnovers while allowing a season high in points.
In other games, it was the Cavs 111, Jazz 91; Knicks 108, Mavs 85; Hornets 109, Sixers 98; Heat 115, Hawks 91; Kings 125, Lakers 116; Wizards 112, Magic 106; Celtics 119, Pacers 100; and Rockets 128, Spurs 124.
