James Harden has triple-double in Nets debut

James Harden delivered 32 points and a triple-double in his Brooklyn debut, Kevin Durant scored a season-high 42 points in his first game back with his former teammate, and Nets showed off ir potent potential in a 122-115 victory over Orlando Magic on Saturday night.

Harden h 14 assists and 12 rebounds after being cleared to play earlier in afteron after all players in blockbuster tre that brought him from Houston h completed ir physicals. Harden also h nine turvers.

He h practice time with Nets and sure didn’t need it, becoming first player in franchise history to have a triple-double in his debut.

Durant me five 3-pointers in his 10th game back following an 18-month layoff after rupturing his Achilles tendon in 2019 NBA Finals. He hiked his aver to 30.7 points, which would be his highest since he scored a league-leing 32 per game and won NBA MVP hors for Oklahoma City in 2014.

Nikola Vucevic h 34 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for short-handed Magic. y have lost five straight.

SPURS 103, ROCKETS 91

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Dejounte Murray h 18 points and 10 rebounds and San Antonio beat undermanned Houston to snap a four-game home losing streak.

Coming off a victory Thursday night in San Antonio, Houston was on brink of t having eight players available as required by league, but met minimum in final hour. Rockets h seven healthy players after Sterling Brown was ruled out due to a lower leg injury, but Rodions Kurucs became eligible prior to game time when NBA approved blockbuster tre involving James Harden.

Christian Wood h 24 points and 17 rebounds for Houston, and Mason Jones h a season-high 24 points. Ben McLemore h a season-high 21 points.

Im credits: AP