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How James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant looked in their first Nets game together


Before the Nets took the floor in Cleveland on Wednesday, Kevin Durant called the team into a huddle and sent a message.

“Let’s start something beautiful,” Durant said.

What started as something beautiful ended in an ugly mess.

After making their first 10 shots to open the game, the Nets collapsed in double-overtime, losing 147-135 to the Cavaliers in what was the first game Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving played in together. Brooklyn’s Big 3 combined for 96 points with Durant scoring 38 and Irving with 37. Harden went on to notch his second triple-double in three games as a Net, finishing with 21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

The loss dropped the Nets to 9-7 and snapped a four-game winning streak. Nobody expected the new-look Nets — a week out from pulling off a blockbuster trade for Harden — to look like a finished product during their debut. But they struggled against the NBA’s worst…





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