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15hOhm Youngmisuk

DeRozan, Bulls rally to deal Nets 'bad, tough loss'

The Bulls, missing four rotation players, erased an 11-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Nets 111-107 on Saturday night.

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LaVine, DeRozan lead Bulls to 111-107 win over Nets

— The Bulls were down, but not out.

Lonzo hits dagger 3 to seal the win for the Bulls (0:33)

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LeBron's return, end of Suns' streak and Embiid's clutch effort highlighted wild NBA Friday

Friday night in the NBA was full of entertaining games. Here's what you missed from the best action from the early part of the weekend slate.

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Nets escape Timberwolves 110-105 behind Durant's 30

— Kevin Durant scored 30 points, including the clinching jumper with 11 seconds left, and the Brooklyn Nets held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-105 on Friday night.

KD drains clutch jumper to close out Timberwolves (0:44)

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3dOhm Youngmisuk

Curry, Durant named NBA players of month

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant were named the first NBA Western Conference and Eastern Conference players of the month of the season on Thursday.

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4dJeremy Willis

They voted: Recent Knicks villain Trae Young among athletes who got a vote for New York City mayor

The write-in choices for the New York City mayor's race were released Wednesday. After dominating in Madison Square Garden in the playoffs, Young got a vote. However, Knicks players and Aaron Judge also got votes.

Stephen A. is furious about the Knicks' loss to the Nets (0:34)

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Nets edge Knicks 112-110 on James Johnson's free throws

— Kevin Durant and James Harden took turns putting on a show in front of the largest crowd ever to see a Nets game in Brooklyn, one that was split between fans of New York's two teams.

James Harden fired up after putback slam (0:20)

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Blake Griffin surprised by reduced role (0:31)

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6dOhm Youngmisuk

Griffin, out of Nets' rotation, keeps 'great attitude'

After starting 17 games, Brooklyn veteran Blake Griffin has sat the past two games after Nets coach Steve Nash inserted LaMarcus Aldridge into the starting lineup, but the former All-Star knows "as players, it's our job to do whatever coaches see best."

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6dOhm Youngmisuk

Nets' Harris has ankle surgery, out 4-8 weeks

Joe Harris is expected to miss four to eight weeks but there is optimism he can return on the shorter end of that timeline, Harris' agent told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

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NBA Power Rankings: Can anyone catch the Suns and Warriors?

The Suns are riding a 16-game winning streak into back-to-back matchups against the league-best Warriors. Who takes the top spot?

Suns wins 16th straight with victory over Nets (2:02)

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Suns extend win streak to 16 with 113-107 victory over Nets

— A chance to match franchise history and take a spot atop the NBA is waiting for the Phoenix Suns.

Mikal Bridges with the and-1 bucket (0:20)

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11dTim Bontemps

KD: 'Incredible' to pass childhood icon Iverson

Kevin Durant passed Allen Iverson -- whom he watched play at Georgetown while growing up in D.C. and emulated on his youth teams -- for 25th on the NBA's all-time scoring list during the Nets' win Wednesday night.