James Harden made his Brooklyn debut with a triple-double, and Kevin Durant scored a season-high 42 points as the Nets beat the Orlando Magic 122-115 on Saturday night at Barclays Center.
Harden became the first player in NBA history to debut with a 30-point triple-double with his new team, finishing with 32 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds.
Durant shot 61.5 percent for the game (16-of-26), including 5-of-8 from 3-point range, plus five assists and four rebounds. Joe Harris had 17 points and five rebounds.
Brooklyn shot 53.8 percent overall and 45.7 percent from 3-point range, and really warmed up after halftime in shooting 61.5 percent overall and 62.5 percent from 3-point range in the second half.
The Nets led 52-50 at halftime as Harden used the first 24 minutes of his Nets tenure to flash his playmaking skills with seven assists.
Orlando had an early 9-0 run before Harris connected for a pair of threes and put Brooklyn up 16-14, and the Nets took a 29-26 lead into the second quarter.
A string of threes in the second quarter from Durant, Jeff Green and Harris put Brooklyn up 42-38 and a little 7-0 burst — two Durant mid-rangers wrapped around a Harden elbow jumper — had the Nets up 50-43, their biggest lead of the first half before taking a two-point lead into the break.
The shooting percentages perked up in the third quarter, with both teams shooting at least 52 percent in the quarter. With the Nets trailing 79-74, they scored seven straight to move into a lead. Durant sliced through the lane for a transition layup, Harden made 1-of-2 from the line and then 2-of-3, and then fed Landry Shamet for a transition layup. After Orlando tied the game at 81, Harden answered with a step-back 3-pointer for a lead the Nets never gave up after taking an 84-83 edge into the fourth quarter.
With a 10-3 run in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Durant and Harden, the Nets went up 96-88 with nine minutes remaining, having outscored Orlando 22-9 since late in the third quarter.
With the Magic back within three, Harden twice made a pair from the line, and Bruce Brown followed with a corner three for a 117-107 lead with 1:38 remaining.
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