Nets reaction: Joe Harris, Kevin Durant lead Brooklyn past Charlotte

The Nets overturned an early deficit and pulled away to beat the Hornets on Friday.

Mission bounce-back was in motion against a deplete Hornets team on Friday night for the Brooklyn Nets. Steve Nash now had the luxury of using two familiar weapons for this game, weapons that he couldn’t unleash against the Sixers: Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin.

Things did not go as planned when Charlotte started off the game shooting a magnificent 12-15 (80%) from the field. They had themselves in front with a lead as a big as 14. Shortly after, Brooklyn had no choice but to clean up in the second quarter. They outscored the Hornets 32-26 in the period to get the game tied at 61 all at the half.

The game was close in the second half for quite some time until Kevin Durant, Joe Harris, and Landry Shamet had enough. Durant not only dunked on somebody this game, but he also dropped 25 points along with 11 assists, making it his second game this season with double digit assists.

Harris added 26 points on 8-12 shooting from the field while Shamet contributed 20 points with six made threes. The final score was 130-115, making it Brooklyn’s 38th win of the season.