Kevin Durant scored 43 points (7 during a 10-0 run in the third quarter), and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 19 points down in the second quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 124-121 for their sixth straight win.
The Nets trailed 69-50 with 1:16 left in the second quarter and 71-54 at halftime. They outscored the Pistons 74-52 the rest of the way.
The Pistons had the ball down 3 with 9.3 seconds left, but Nic Claxton blocked Bojan Bogdanovic’s 3-pointer. It would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Pistons 7-6. Durant scored 4 of the Nets’ 7 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Kyrie Irving scored 38 points with 5 3-pointers. The Nets had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Pistons, Bogdanovic scored 26 points.
The Nets shot 55.0% from the field and 51.7% from 3 to the Pistons’ 47.7% and 26.7%. The Pistons outscored the Nets 49-22 off the bench. The Nets did not make a field goal in the last 4:15. The Pistons were outscored 54-41 in 15 minutes with Burks, Joseph, Bagley, Knox and Bey on the floor together.