The Nets’ "Big Three" of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving totaled 96 points and scored 42 of their last 57 points against the Cavaliers Wednesday night in Cleveland. But it wasn’t enough. The Cavs’ Collin Sexton scored the first 16 points in the second overtime for his team on the way to a 147-135 victory that snapped the Nets’ three-game winning streak.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Cavs built a 13-point lead, and after back-to-back threes by former Net Taurean Prince, they had a 104-92 lead with 7:16 left to play. From there, the Nets put together a 13-3 run that included threes from the "Big Three" of Durant, Harden and Irving to cut the deficit to 107-105 with 4:12 to go.
When Irving tipped in a miss by Joe Harris, the game was tied at 113 with 1:10 left to play. Harden later missed a potential go-ahead three, and the Sexton committed a turnover that led to a foul call on him against Irving at the other end with 1.5 seconds left. The Cavs challenged the call and won, and the game went to overtime.
