The Brooklyn Nets hosted the Miami Heat at Barclays Center on Wednesday and won 116-105. Brooklyn leads the regular-season series 2-0.
For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 45 points and eight rebounds while Cam Thomas had 19 points and four assists off the bench. Cameron Johnson had 18 points and Spencer Dinwiddie had nine points.
For the Heat, Bam Adebayo had 24 points and 13 rebounds while Gabe Vincent had 21 points and three rebounds. Max Strus had 18 points and Jimmy Butler had 13 points.
It was a tightly contested game in the first half as both sides struggled with their offense. Bridges had a great first half with 17 points, but Brooklyn had some trouble defending Adebayo.
Brooklyn pulled away in the second half thanks to Bridges going nuts with his scoring. The Heat could not do anything to stop him and his scoring binge kept the Barclays Center crowd on its feet.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Nets’ win before the All-Star break: