The Nets locked up seventh place in the Eastern Conference with a victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.
"Now we get to carry some of that momentum on into Tuesday," Kyrie Irving said.
Brooklyn and Cleveland both finished 44-38, but the Nets won the season series to take the tiebreaker. But they took advantage of a soft schedule in their final days, with victories over Houston and New York before beating Cleveland on Friday. The Nets needed to finish strong after an uneven regular season.
The Nets made 20 of their first 26 shots — Durant was 0 for 5, the rest of the team 20 for 21 — and opened a 47-29 lead just over a minute into the second quarter. The Pacers kept trying to come back, even after the Nets regained a double-digit lead, but Irving answered with baskets a couple times when it got close. He shot 15 for 20.
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