Nets vs. Nuggets: 3 things we learned from Kevin Durant’s big night

Kevin Durant went off against the Denver Nuggets — and the Brooklyn Nets about needed that type of performance.

The Brooklyn Nets haven’t experienced a winning streak yet this season — they’ve won back-to-back games twice — but they also haven’t gone through a losing streak either, never losing more than back-to-back games. Tuesday’s game against the Nuggets was a gut check for the Nets with Denver taking control early after Brooklyn had to witness more drama surrounding Kyrie Irving as he remains unavailable due to personal reasons, while the NBA announced it was looking into a video where the point guard was at a large gathering without a mask.

The Nets worked through the adversity and are back to an even .500 after the 122-116 win. Here are three things we learned from the game: