The Nets won their 10th straight game over the short-handed Hawks on Wednesday night.
— Kyrie Irving scored 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, Kevin Durant had 26 points and a season-high 16 rebounds and thewon their 10th straight game, 108-107 over the short-handed Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.
Yuta Watanabe's layup in the final minute of the third made it 81-80 for Brooklyn's first lead since it was 33-32. Durant closed the third with a pair of free throws, and the Nets never trailed again. Irving scored eight consecutive points early in the fourth to put Brooklyn up 93-82 and cap a 17-3 run, and the Hawks called timeout.
The injury-riddled Hawks were without leading scorer Trae Young, leading rebounder Clint Capela and starting forward De'Andre Hunter. Young was scratched before tipoff with a left calf contusion. Capela and Hunter were ruled out long before the game began. "I saw fight from our guys tonight," Hawks coach Nate McMillan said."You can live with that. I thought from start to finish we stepped up and played. We didn't think about the guys that were out. The guys that were playing came out and played to win."
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