Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets aren’t playing on Christmas Day, and the star blamed himself for not suiting up on the occasion when some of the best teams play.
This comes as a dampener for a team that’s played some astonishing basketball in the last few weeks. The Nets have won nine of their last ten games, with the recent one being a 143-113 demolition of the Golden State Warriors.
Speaking about not playing on December 25, Durant said he had himself to blame. According to Brian Mahoney of The Associated Press:
A smiling Kevin Durant, on the Nets not playing on Christmas:
"I probably am responsible for us not playing on Christmas, with what went on this summer. But hey, it is what it is. We play on the 26th, that’s close enough."
— Brian Mahoney (@briancmahoney) December 22, 2022
“I probably am responsible for us not playing on Christmas, with what went on this summer. But hey, it is what it is. We play on the 26th, that’s close enough.”
The Nets are one of the more improved teams and are on a roll decimating opponents with clinical displays in both aspects of the game.
The Brooklyn Nets Are The Team To Beat
While the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks cemented themselves as bonafide title contenders by stacking up wins, the Brooklyn Nets threw their hat in the ring, notching up one win after another.
Such has been their dominance that they notched up 91 points in the first half against the Warriors. Much of their success can be attributed to Durant, who’s having a season that’s sure to put him in the MVP chatter.
Despite his stellar run, where he’s averaging 30.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.3 assists, there have been murmurs by some who believed he had to win a championship by himself. According to Michael Lee of The Washington Post:
“I’ve never done anything I want to do on this Earth of significance by myself,” Durant says. “Even if I win on this team, it’s going to be a contribution from everybody. I never made winning about me, even when I was at Golden State. I could’ve easily stepped out and said, ‘Yeah, this is my s—.’ I never did that. I didn’t even come here to prove to people that I could win on my own.
“I can’t put all the pressure on myself,” he says. “I did that before. You want it all, you want to experience it all, but it wasn’t good for my sanity trying to put everything on me.”
Given how their season is turning out to be, it shouldn’t come as a surprise if Brooklyn goes the distance and Durant proves his doubters wrong. They play the Milwaukee Bucks next.
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