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By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau PHILADELPHIA (Eagle News) — Game 1 seemed to be a distant memory for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Jared Dudley soap opera hoopla came to a closing end. The Sixers schooled the Nets on their home court, demolishing their Atlantic Division rivals 122-100 to win their first-round series 4-1 Tuesday night. The Sixers opened the first quarter on a 26-3 run, built a 39-point lead and continued […]
By: Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau BROOKLYN (Eagle News) – Despite being surrounded by light drama and the absence of Joel Embiid with a left sore knee, Philadelphia 76ers point guard, Ben Simmons orchestrated a phenomenal performance at Barclays Center with the help Tobias Harris and JJ Reddick’s explosive offense. The trio combined for a total of 86 points, clobbering the Brooklyn Nets 131-115 on Thursday. Postseason NBA basketball returned to New York’s most […]
By Carlo Valdez EBC New Jersey Bureau BROOKLYN, New York (Eagle News) — A playoff contention preview, or maybe not. The Brooklyn Nets tried to rally to beat the second best team in the NBA, the Toronto Raptors, but fell short losing 115-105 to their Atlantic Division rivals on Wednesday. D’Angelo Russell led the Nets with 27 points but it wasn’t enough against All-Star Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors. Russell heated up in the fourth […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — D’Angelo Russell drained a clutch three pointer with 27 seconds remaining as the Brooklyn Nets rallied from a 21-point deficit to defeat the Orlando Magic 117-115 on Friday. Russell equalled his career high total with 40 points and his three pointer gave them the lead for the first time since they opened the scoring with the first basket of the contest. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 18 of his 20 points […]
By Carlo Valdez EBC New Jersey Bureau BROOKLYN, NY (Eagle News) – LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers took on the red-hot Brooklyn Nets in a sold-out crowd bleeding purple and gold to support who some have dubbed as the world’s greatest basketball player at Barclays Center Tuesday night. The Lakers tried to end their last of their four-game road trip with a win. Despite the King’s 36-point performance, the team could not quite handle […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert will not require surgery after suffering a dislocated right foot in an NBA game, the club announced Tuesday. The 24-year-old American, who has played all three of his NBA seasons with the Nets, was wheeled off the court in pain after a gruesome injury in Monday’s 120-112 Brooklyn loss at Minnesota. In the final seconds of the first half, LeVert was contesting a drive […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service The Charlotte Hornets are finalizing a trade sending former Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Timofey Mozgov, two future 2nd round draft picks plus cash. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said the move is intended to clear cap space for the 2019-2020 season as the Nets will save $17 million dollars that will allow them to clear enough cap space for two max […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau BROOKLYN (Eagle News) — The NBA’s most underrated team, the Toronto Raptors, were on the verge of losing a close-knit game but DeMar DeRozan’s three-point play with 26 seconds left helped his team sneak past the Brooklyn Nets 114-113 in overtime for their fifth-straight victory. It was a hard-fought battle between the Atlantic Division rivals. Toronto had the game under control and were up by 10 with 4:30 […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau BROOKLYN (Eagle News)–Rookie Jayson Tatum scored Boston’s final five points as the Celtics edged past the Brooklyn Nets 87-85 at Barclays Center for their sixth straight victory. “[Jayson] is not scared of the moment,” said Celtics Head Coach, Brad Stevens. “Never has been.” With the game going down to the wire,Tatum scored on a dunk to give Boston an 84-83 lead. After Kyrie Irving missed a shot, Irving […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Jahlil Okafor, restless without a real role for the Philadelphia 76ers, was traded to the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday in exchange for forward Trevor Booker, the Sixers said. Philadelphia also sent guard Nik Stauskas to Brooklyn along with 2019 second-round draft selection that originally belonged to the New York Knicks. Okafor, 21, was drafted third overall by Philadelphia in 2015. But he had fallen out of favor in a […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Joseph Tsai, one of the founders of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is set to buy 49 percent of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, US media reported Friday. ESPN and Newsday both reported that Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who purchased controlling interest in the cub in 2009, has agreed to the sale. Although the Nets had the worst record in the NBA last season, a source told Newsday that the deal […]
By: Tennie Sumague, Eagle News Service US, New York Bureau BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – The two worst teams in the Eastern Conference, Philadelphia and Brooklyn went head to head last Tuesday night where the short handed Sixers came from behind to beat the Nets 106-101 at the Barclays Center. The Sixers ended the fourth quarter on a 10-5 run and sealed the victory. Dario Saric led the team with 23 points and Robert Covington added […]
