'Not a lot we could have defended better': Spoelstra on slowing the Nets trio

Brooklyn's three superstars were just eugh to overcome Bam ebayo's brilliant individual effort.Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Kyrie Irving took over late and h 28 and Nets overcame ebayo's career-high 41 points to beat Miami Heat 128-124 on Saturday night.

James Harden finished with 12 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as Nets won for first time with ir Big Three playing toger. y lost consecutive games with dismal defensive efforts in Cleveland and barely got eugh stops to hold off a short-handed Heat team that h been limited to 81 points by Toronto a night earlier.

"It's t every day you see this collection of guys playing toger in NBA history, so we want to take full vant of that," Irving said. Irving helped pull Nets through with 12 points in final 5:48 after Heat h erased nearly all of an 18-point deficit. Joe Harris ded 23 points and seven 3-pointers for Brooklyn, but Nets needed Irving's 18 points in final quarter of a game y h largely controlled.

"All three of those guys, y're just so damn skilled. Off dribble, ir shooting ability, ir ability to see open players, and that's why y're three of best in this business," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "And those are shots that only great players can manufacture."

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