The Latest Breaking News from Kyrie Irving

Whether or not players enjoy the play-in tournament, now in Year 2, the Nets finished the regular season in seventh. That means they are not a lock for the postseason just yet.

New York (AFP) - Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant combined for 55 points as the Brooklyn Nets held off a rally from the Indiana Pacers on Sunday to seal seventh place in the Eastern Conference and clinch home advantage for next week's play-in.

While elite players around the league were resting on this final day of the regular season, the Nets once again needed big games from Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant to win a critical game.

The Hawks should fear no foe in the NBA’s play-in tournament. Their 15-9 record since Feb. 15 includes eight quality wins and really only three bad losses. The Hawks have the NBA’s fifth-best point differential over the past two weeks. They have some significant flaws, but the Hawks have a…

NEW YORK — Call it the Aaron Judge Rule, or the Mike Lupica Rule:

As the two teams headed to the locker room for halftime, Irving was about to enter the tunnel when he stopped to exchange words with a fan in the front row.

Nets star Kyrie Irving on Houston’s young duo of Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green: “Those that want to know information come to your doorstep, and they want to know the answers.”

Kyrie Irving (42 points) and the Nets won Tuesday’s game, but there was a lot to like for the visiting Rockets, individually, starting with Kevin Porter Jr. (36) and Jalen Green (30).

NEW YORK — All he needed was a little bit of rest.

Rockets rookie Jalen Green has now joined Allen Iverson (1997) as the only rookies in modern NBA history to score 30 or more points in five straight games.

Stephen Silas expects his young Rockets to learn after playing the Nets: “Playing against two of the best players who have ever laced them up, it's important for our group to feel that.”