Kevin Durant, Suns Lose to Nets as Ben Simmons, Tyrese Martin Shock NBA Followers

The Brooklyn Nets beat the Phoenix Suns 127-117 Wednesday behind a promising recreation from Ben Simmons and a profession recreation from Tyrese Martin.

Simmons, who has little to point out for by means of his first three seasons in Brooklyn, had 14 factors, 9 rebounds and eight assists within the win. His 14 factors had been the most he has had in an NBA recreation since November 2022 in his first season with the Nets.

Together with an excellent recreation from Simmons, Martin put up a career-high 30 factors on 8-of-10 from deep. Coming into the sport, the third-year participant had logged simply 31 factors throughout his whole profession.

Suns’ star Kevin Durant, going towards his former group for the primary time this season, put up 29 in his second recreation again from damage whereas Devin Booker recorded 31 factors. The Phoenix stars’ performances weren’t sufficient and the Suns have now misplaced six of their final seven video games.

After the sport, followers had been shocked to see robust performances from Simmons and Martin.

The Nets are nonetheless removed from being a championship-contending group, however Wednesday was an excellent signal that issues are transferring in the correct course in Brooklyn.

Simmons’ play within the win was paying homage to his days with the Philadelphia 76ers when he almost averaged a triple-double and appeared like among the best younger gamers within the league. Simmons has had some setbacks over the previous few years, but when he can string a couple of extra video games like Wednesday’s collectively it would give him some much-needed confidence.

As for Martin, he has to be ok with himself after his scoring outburst towards the Suns. The younger participant will doubtless see his quantity get referred to as extra usually transferring ahead if he can preserve hitting photographs from deep.