Kevin Durant

Durant closed Saturday's 122-115 loss to the Hawks with 55 points (19-28 FG, 8-10 3Pt, 9-11 FT), seven rebounds, three assists and one steal in 42 minutes.

The eight made threes were also a personal best for Durant, but unfortunately for the Nets, his huge effort got wasted as Kyrie Irving with 31 was the only other Brooklyn player to score in double digits. Durant closed Saturday's 122-115 loss to the Hawks with 55 points (19-28 FG, 8-10 3Pt, 9-11 FT), seven rebounds, three assists and one steal in 42 minutes. It's the second time in the last month Durant has topped 50, following a 53-point performance against the Knicks on March 13, and over his last 12 games he's averaging 33.5 points, 7.8 boards, 7.2 assists, 2.8 threes and 1.3 steals.

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Picking up from the Play-In, the two-time NBA champion and teammates will need to confirm their status as contenders securing a spot in the Playoffs in the final possible opportunity. “It doesn’t even feel like he had 55 tonight,” added Kyrie Irving commenting on his teammate’s performance in the latest installment of NBA Saturdays, “You know what I mean? But I wish we would’ve come out with the W. Just by doing the little stuff.

Kevin Durant ruffled a lot of feathers recently by suggesting that his jerseys should be retired by both the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City ...

In terms of achievements, Durant is already one of the most decorated Warriors' players of all time. The only exception is Stephen Curry in terms of individual achievements, but even he doesn't have a Finals MVP to his name. Kevin Durant's tenure here with the Golden State Warriors were three NBA Finals, won two Finals MVPs and as you said Bonta, he went out there and sacrificed his body to try to get that third championship in a row.

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Again, Durant is right to believe he deserves -- and will get -- a formal place in each of these franchises' histories. "Every one of these places I played is my home," Durant told Murdock. "I can imagine me when I'm done, and I don't think any one of these franchises would be like, 'No, K, what you did here is not a part of our history.' I'm going to be a Hall of Famer when I'm done, one of the greatest to ever play. But Durant's legacy is already secure in the history of two other franchises and the NBA as a whole.

Chris Mullin recently weighed in on which side he falls over Kevin Durant's jersey retirement claim in Golden State.

Kevin Durant’s tenure here with the Golden State Warriors were three NBA Finals, two Finals MVPs, and he went out there and sacrificed his body to try and get that third championship in a row. KD leading the way for one of the greatest teams in NBA history was clearly enough evidence for Chris Mullin. “Every one of these places I played is my home,” Durant said of his three NBA teams thus far.

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the New York Knicks. Per Nets team PR, this is Durant’s third 50 point game of the season and that’s a Nets’ franchise record. That’s currently occupied by the Miami Heat who seemed to have got back on track a bit after their big jawing match between Jimmy Butler and Udonis Haslem. “It’s just execution so, if you got somebody kinda bottled up and they go up to shoot and right at the last second you go like this [slaps down] it’s like undisciplined,” Durant said. The Hawks have now supplanted the Nets in the 8th seed, and push the Nets all the way down into the 10th seed, the very last seed in the Play-In tournament. After the game KD was in no mood to rest on his laurels and enjoy a career scoring night. In the end it wasn’t enough and the Nets fell to Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks 122-115.

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Also read: “LeBron James and Kevin Durant to miss the playoffs? Despite all of these setbacks, the Brooklyn Nets look like one of the best offensive teams in the league even without Ben Simmons taking to NBA hardwood for even a second. And of course, nobody can forget the Kyrie Irving vaccine drama that plagued the Nets for entirety of the season.

The Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant are sitting in the 10th seed. They are tied with the Charlotte Hornets and are one game behind the Atlanta Hawks. Both teams ...

The Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant are sitting in the 10th seed. LeBron and the Lakers are sitting in the 11th seed, with a 36-41 record. LeBron James and Kevin Durant might both miss out on the playoffs.

The Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets met for a Saturday night matchup this weekend. Last season, the Hawks and the Nets were ranked top-five in the ...

This season, Atlanta and Brooklyn are headed for the Play-In Tournament. Going into their Saturday night battle, the Hawks and the Nets were tied with a 40-37 record. The 86 combined points from Durant and Irving weren't enough as the Hawks put the Nets down with a 122-115 victory. The Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets met for a Saturday night matchup this weekend.

The Brooklyn Nets got a tremendous outing from star forward Kevin Durant on Saturday but it wasn't enough to overcome Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks...

The road isn't particularly daunting either, as the Cleveland Cavaliers are the only playoff-caliber team remaining on the schedule.However, there's no margin or error, and the Nets cannot afford to squander nights like the one Durant had by piling on the mistakes. It has to an extent, as Irving and Durant remain of the league's most formidable offensive duos. That means the Nets will need two wins to see a true playoff series and will go home with a single loss.Brooklyn can make up ground, of course, as it's only one game behind Atlanta for the No. 8 seed. The Nets have lost two straight and five of their last 10. The Brooklyn Nets got a tremendous outing from star forward Kevin Durant on Saturday but it wasn't enough to overcome Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. Durant dropped 55 points against Atlanta and got plenty of help from teammate Kyrie Irving (31 points and six assists). However, the Hawks played better team ball and managed to ride a second-quarter surge to victory.The Hawks outscored the Nets 37-20 in the second frame and did just enough in the second half to ride out the win. Brooklyn outscored Atlanta after the break but it was too little and too late for Durant and Co. Early foul trouble and inefficiency at the foul line cost Brooklyn in a big way.This isn't to suggest that Atlanta didn't earn the win.

Kevin Durant put in yet another magnificent performance when he dropped an incredibly efficient 55 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

Despite that, the Nets have extremely strong bookers' odds to win the NBA Finals based on the strength of their two offensive weapons alone, even though it couldn't lead them to a win against Atlanta. But just like how Bayless finds a way to criticize LeBron's performance regardless of them being good or bad, Wright is doing the same with Durant. Kevin Durant put in yet another magnificent performance when he dropped an incredibly efficient 55 points against the Atlanta Hawks. However, the Brooklyn Nets still fell to a 115-122 loss despite KD's heroics.