Nets overpower Bucks

Suns fry nuggets in game 1

NEW YORK – Kevin Durant had 32 points and six assists as the Brooklyn Nets rolled to their largest playoff win in franchise history on Monday with a 125-86 beat down of the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of their NBA series.

Kyrie Irving finished with 22 points and four threes while Joe Harris and Bruce Brown each scored 13 for the Nets, who seized a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series.

Durant said he didn’t want to settle for anything less than a championship.

“We still got a long ways to go,” he said. “When we play hard together, good things happen.”

“I think we’re capable of greatness every single night,” Irving said.

The series now switches to Milwaukee for Game 3 on Thursday.

The Nets were missing all-star James Harden with a hamstring injury but it is a situation they have become accustomed to all season long.

Elsewhere, Chris Paul finished with 21 points and 11 assists to power the second seeded Phoenix Suns to a 122-105 win over the Denver Nuggets in the opening game of their second-round series.

Mikal Bridges scored 23 points, Devin Booker tallied 21 points, and Deandre Ayton delivered 20 points and 10 rebounds for Phoenix, who outscored the Nuggets 59-33 over the final 20 minutes.