Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets may be playing their best basketball of the season, and it couldn't come at a better time.
Durant recorded a career-high 16 assists in the Nets' 134-126 victory over the Indiana Pacers on the final day of the regular season on Sunday. The win has the Nets entering the play-in tournament on their fifth winning streak of the season of at least four games, but it's their first one since mid-March and only their second streak of more than two games in a row since mid-December.
With the win over Indiana, the team clinches the No. 7 seed, home-court advantage in the play-in tournament and will host the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Big games were also had on Sunday by Kyrie Irving, Bruce Brown and Andre Drummond.
LAST FINAL SCORE THREAD OF REGULAR SEASON
— NBA (@NBA) April 10, 2022
Kyrie helps the @BrooklynNets clinch the East's #7 seed! They'll host CLE in the #MetaQuestPlayIn (Tuesday, 7pm/et, TNT).
Bruce Brown: 21 PTS, 3 STL
Andre Drummond: 20 PTS (9-9 FGM), 13 REB
KD: 20 PTS, 10 REB, 16 AST (career high) pic.twitter.com/rkcnEHZrBX
Sunday's triumph comes on the heels of the news that point guard Ben Simmons — who was acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers in February but hasn't played yet this season — could return in the first round of the playoffs. The Nets would need to beat Cleveland (or win their second play-in contest if they lose to the Cavaliers), in order to advance to the opening round of the postseason.
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