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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
January 31st, 2014
W2W4: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets will be hosting the red hot
Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night at the Barclays Center, as New York
continues their great week of sports leading up to the Superbowl on Sunday night.
The Nets are coming off of just their second loss of 2014 to the Raptors on
Tuesday night, and are now three games behind the Raptors in the Atlantic
Division.
-MVP=KD?
The main goal for the Nets on Friday night will be
trying to slow down Thunder Forward Kevin Durant, who is playing some of the
best basketball in his career over the past few weeks. In the past 12 games
Durant is averaging 38 points per game, while shooting over 50% from the field,
so for the Nets it will have to be a group effort on the defensive end to try
and slow him down. In the beginning of the month in the Nets victory over the
Thunder, they held Durant to just 24 points and he turned the ball over five
times. If the Nets can replicate the way they played on January 2nd,
they will be in good shape for a win on Friday.
