The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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The Brooklyn Nets put up a franchise record 91 points in the first half – the third highest total in NBA history.
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In Wednesday’s 143-113 blowout win over reigning champion the Golden State Warriors.
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The Phoenix Suns hold the first half points record with 107 scored against Denver in 1990, while the Warriors put up 92 against the Chicago Bulls in 2018.
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Star man Kevin Durant scored 21 of his 23 points in the first-half rout, also adding seven rebounds and five assists.
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Edmond Sumner was the team’s second highest scorer with 16 points off the bench.
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Brooklyn recorded the historic total without Kyrie Irving, who was out with a calf injury.
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In total, nine of the 12 Nets players that took to the floor scored in double figures, another franchise record.
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It was the second blowout loss in as many nights for the Warriors, who suffered a 38-point loss to the New York Knicks on Tuesday.
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It was the seventh consecutive victory for the Nets, the longest current winning streak in the NBA, who have climbed to fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
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