The Brooklyn Nets had no answer for Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine, who personally outscored the Nets on his own in the fourth quarter to power Chicago to a 108-99 win on the road.
The Nets led by three to start the final quarter, but a clutch run by LaVine midway through the period broke the game open for Chicago. With the Nets up 93-90, LaVine hit back-to-back threes, and Nikola Vucevic capped a 10-0 run that all but sealed the win.
Kevin Durant scored 32 points – surpassing the 30-point mark for the sixth time in eight games this season – but he received no scoring help from star teammate Kyrie Irving, who had one of the worst offensive performances of his career.
Irving shot 2-of-12 from the field and finished the game with just four points, his lowest total since joining the Nets.
Kyrie Irving has four points on 2-of-12 shooting and is minus-14. But the fact is that #Nets led by a dozen and flushed this one away. A clearly-upset KD walks off headed to the locker room after they coughed up a 24-11 run to close the game. #Bulls #NBA
— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) November 2, 2022
Jacque Vaughn on if Kyrie was distracted: “I told the guys there’s no excuses. Whether it’s back to back, no excuses. Whether the changing scenery scenery of today, no excuses. This is what we do for a living, what we signed up for. It was gameday so we gotta bring it” #Nets
— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) November 2, 2022
Kyrie Irving finishes w/ 4 points (2-12 shooting) in loss to Bulls.
– His lowest point total in 111 games w/ Nets
– He’s scored less than 4 points just 5 times in 619-game career
– Sean Marks: Irving won’t speak to the media until he “simmers down” following the antisemitism controversy pic.twitter.com/xeSBEyspCv— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) November 2, 2022
Tonight is the first time in Kyrie Irving’s career that he scored less than 5 points in a game with more than 24 minutes logged.
Kyrie totaled 4 points on 2-of-12 shooting in 32:46 of action tonight vs. Chicago. pic.twitter.com/i2abEgolVJ
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) November 2, 2022
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