The Nets beat Portland with Super Durant and hero O’Neal

The networks are far from what they want. They await the reinstatement of Kyrie Irving – immediately. But in the meantime, they pulled off an inspired win in Portland, winning 107-109 after a shocking game with the Blazers thanks to a follow-up from Royce O’Neal with 1 second left in the Finals.

O’Neal was the hero out of nowhere for the Nets, having a career night with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Up to this point, of course, it was Kevin Durant (35 points) who carried the nets, receiving important help from Yuta Watanabe (20 points with 5/7 threes), but also Ben Simmons, who scored his first double-double with the Nets -Jersey with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

With the Blazers, Damien Lillard had 25 points (but 8/24 shooting) and 11 assists, Anferni Simons 24 points and Sharon Sharpe 20 points. Jusuf Nurkic’s contribution was also valuable with 17 points (and a basket and a foul to make it 107:107), but none of that was enough for the Blazers.

THE DODECALPTA: 28-28, 61-57, 82-85, 107-109

BLAZER: Grant 5 (2/13 shooting, 1/5 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Nurkic 17 (8 rebounds), Lillard 25 (8/24 shooting, 3/12 three-pointers, 11 assists), Hart 7 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds), Simons 24 (8/20 shooting, 4/9 3-pointers), Winslow 2, Eubanks 3 (7 rebounds), Little 4 (1/6 shooting), Sharpe 20 (4)

NET’s: Durant 35 (1 three-pointer, 8 rebounds), O’Neal 11 (5/14 shooting, 1/7 three-pointers, 11 rebounds, 11 assists), Claxton 11 (5 rebounds), Harris 15 (4), Sumner, Watanabe 20 (5 threes, 7 rebounds), Mills 2, Simmons 15 (6/6 twos, 13 rebounds, 7 assists), Curry (0/5 shooting), Thomas