The Brooklyn Nets hosted the Toronto Raptors on Friday and won 114-105. Kyrie Irving led the team with 27 points in an impressive display of ball handling and shooting.
Kevin Durant (17 points) took a back seat in this game as he allowed Irving and Joe Harris (17 points) to get the ball in early. TJ Warren played his first NBA game in 703 days and he looked confident as he scored his 10 points.
The story of this game was that the Nets took a 41-17 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Raptors scared the Nets in the fourth quarter as they made a furious comeback, but the Nets had just enough shots to end the game.
Here’s what NBA Twitter thought of the Nets’ win over the Raptors:
The story originally appeared on Nets Wire