Kevin Durant stays hot, leads Suns over Cavaliers
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Kevin Durant on his barrage of 3s: “I was surprised (#Cavs) helped off. I was surprised.” – 11:26 PM
“They got a great ability to pierce single coverage or drop coverage in pick-and-roll and when they start bringing two to the basketball, they’re all willing passers.”
Frank Vogel on Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal. Combined for 88 points, 18 assists in #Suns win. pic.twitter.com/PDOeWljkIQ – 11:13 PM
“I’m surprised they helped off, especially after I hit the first one.”
Kevin Durant on hitting 3 straight 3s in the 3rd quarter of #Suns win over #Cavs. Finished with game-high 37.
Talked about Big 3 being “spontaneous” on offense. pic.twitter.com/J13nlQ5vg7 – 10:43 PM
Booker, Durant, Beal too much: Quick takeaway from Suns win over Cavaliers #Suns #Cavs azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 10:40 PM
“I’m surprised they helped off, especially after I hit the first one.”
Kevin Durant on hitting 3 straight 3s in the 4th quarter of #Suns win over #Cavs. Finished with game-high 37.
Talked about Big 3 being “spontaneous” on offense. pic.twitter.com/fnbXvVxpoG – 10:19 PM
#Suns 117 #Cavs 111 Final.
Big 3 of Kevin Durant (37), Devin Booker (27) and Bradley Beal (24) combined for 88 points.
Suns 15-9 with Big 3 in lineup. – 10:08 PM
The Suns Big 3 tonight: 88 combined points on 35-of-67 FG (52%)
Love the distribution as well, with KD taking 26 shots, Booker taking 22 and Beal taking 19 – 10:05 PM
Tonight’s game in Portland on NBATV, ends a run of eight consecutive nationally televised Celtics games.
Price of fame.
After tonight, 8 of the final 18 games will be national, starting Thursday night against Kevin Durant and the Suns in Boston. – 9:57 PM
37 for Kevin Durant tonight in the Suns win at Cleveland tonight.
He’ll take the floor at TD Garden Thursday 52 points shy of Shaquille O’Neal for 8th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
Highly unlikely…
…but it is Kevin Durant. – 9:57 PM
Really good effort tonight by the #Cavs I thought. Late game execution wasn’t what it needed to be, but down four key players on the second night of a back-to-back they played really well. KD hit some really tough shots. – 9:52 PM
KD last four games:
37 PTS
45 PTS
35 PTS
35 PTS
Heating up. statmuse.com/nba/player/kev… – 9:52 PM
Final: PHX 117, CLE 111
Durant: 37 Pts, 8 Reb, 6 Ast, 14-26 FG
Booker: 27 Pts, 7 Ast, 6 Reb, 11-22 FG
Beal: 24-5-4-3, 10-19 FG
Garland: 30 Pts, 5 Ast, 10-17 FG, 7-10 3P – 9:51 PM
KD tonight:
37 PTS
8 REB
6 AST
5 3P
Only Booker has more 35-point games for the Suns in a season. statmuse.com/nba/player/kev… – 9:51 PM
Allen played as good a defense as you could against Garland, forced a pass. #Cavs got two out of it though o a Durant foul and Porter Jr. FTs. #Suns up two. – 9:42 PM
Booker penetration, found Beal.
Beal penetration, found Durant open 3.
Durant good from deep. #Suns up 113-109 as LeVert gets putback on other end. 3:13 left in game. – 9:37 PM
#Suns led by as many as nine after trailing by as many as 19.
#Cavs on 12-4 run. Timeout Phoenix, up three with 4;02 left.
Durant with 34 (19 in 3rd quarter). – 9:35 PM
Kevin Durant up to 32 points through three quarters 🔥
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/YfE4ScBsYo – 9:27 PM
Pretty terrific balance from the Big 3. Book (17 shot attempts), KD (20) and Beal (17) have combined for 73 points. Just need to get Royce O’Neale a few looks, but that’s part of building chemistry – 9:18 PM
Kevin Durant up to 32 points through three quarters fire 🔥
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/YfE4ScBsYo – 9:18 PM
End 3rd Q: Suns 97, Cavs 91. Kevin Durant had 19 of his game-high 32 points in the third quarter. – 9:16 PM
End of 3Q: PHX 97, CLE 91
Durant: 32 Pts, 7 Reb, 6 Ast, 12-20 FG
Booker: 21 Pts, 7 Ast, 6 Reb, 9-17 FG
Beal: 20 Pts, 5 Reb, 9-17 FG
Garland: 30 Pts, 5 Ast, 10-13 FG, 7-9 3P
Suns outscored the Cavs 34-21 in the 3Q – 9:16 PM
KD with a casual 27-6-6 in the 3rd quarter. He’s been unreal the last few weeks – 9:09 PM
Georges Niang just picked up his fourth foul. He was replaced by Isaiah Mobley. “Hey, kid, go in and guard Kevin Durant.” – 9:07 PM
3-2 zone Garland breaks down for Okoro 3. Good.
Durant answer, fouled by Niang. FT. #Suns 75-72. – 8:55 PM
#Cavs 70 #Suns 63 Half
Phoenix went on 19-5 run.
PHX: Beal 16 points, Booker 15, Durant 13.
CLE: Garland 25 points (21 in 1st quarter), Levert 10.
Turnovers: Suns 8 (led to 11 Cleveland points), Cavs 4 (led to 6 Phoenix points).
Bench points: Suns 6 Cavs 17. – 8:40 PM
Halftime: CLE 70, PHX 63
Beal: 16 Pts, 7-12 FG
Booker: 15 Pts, 3 Ast, 6-10 FG
Durant: 13 Pts, 5 Ast, 6-12 FG
Garland: 25 Pts, 3 Ast, 8-10 FG
Suns close 2Q on 19-7 run – 8:32 PM
End of 1Q: CLE 41, PHX 32
Durant: 9 Pts, 4 Ast, 4-9 FG
Booker: 7 Pts, 2 Ast, 3-5 FG
Allen: 6 Pts, 2-2 3P
Garland: 21 Pts, 7-8 FG, 5-6 3P – 8:03 PM
Beal catch-and-shoot 3. That has to be a part of his game for Phoenix.
Jones answer. Durant 3 answer.
#Suns down 36-30. – 8:01 PM
Durant gets ball in post, surveys, jumper, good. #Suns force turnover, Beal ties shoes, get to spot. Scores.
Down 31-24. – 8:00 PM
Durant turnover on cross court inbound pass attempt.
Leads to Cavs transition two. Allen 3 answer. Garland 3 answer. #Suns down 21-15. – 7:49 PM
Booker doubled. Found Durant, who found Nurkic inside, but didn’t finish right at the catch.
Draws foul on Allen. hits deck. Splits FTs. #Suns down 14-10. – 7:47 PM
Now Durant initiating offense, scores over Jarrett Allen. #Suns down 9-6. – 7:44 PM
Bradley Beal at point. Took 14 seconds off the clock on first possession waiting for play to develop before passing to Kevin Durant for a jump shot.
#Suns #Cavaliers tied 2-2 as Nurkic scores – 7:41 PM
Loudest boos for #Suns starters here in Cleveland?
Kevin Durant. – 7:37 PM
Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant pregame. #Suns pic.twitter.com/AXZFJSrOuY – 6:49 PM
Cavs Starters:
Darius Garland
Caris LeVert
Isaac Okoro
Georges Niang
Jarrett Allen
Suns Starters:
Booker
Beal
Allen
Durant
Nurkic
Tip-off at 7:30PM on @BallySportsCLE – 6:37 PM
Kevin Durant (38.3 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 4.0 APG, 54.4 FG%, 45.0 3P%, 2-1 record) was nominated for Western Conference Player of the Week.
Luka Doncic (37.7 PPG, 10.7 APG, 10.3 RPG, 1.3 SPG, 51.3 FG%, 38.5 3P%, 2-1 record) won it – 3:32 PM
KD in March:
33.0 PPG
6.8 RPG
1.2 BPG
On 54/43/82% shooting. statmuse.com/nba/player/kev… – 12:11 PM
Olympiacos send the best wishes and congratulations to both Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone after the #Oscars2024
The Greek director and the Best Actress winner were in attendance just like Kevin Durant during the do-or-die game against Monaco in 2022:
eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/… – 7:20 AM
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