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What once seemed like a lost season for Irving, one that could have ended with him benched, traded or even outright released, seems to have been salvaged.

NEW YORK — Nets star Kevin Durant said the NBA fumbled the bag by keeping his team off the Christmas Day slate.

Brooklyn will be more than a little shorthanded for Saturday’s game in Indiana.

It happened with just under five minutes left in the fourth quarter against the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.

It felt like a game the Nets should have won handily — probably because the last time they played the Wizards, they set a new scoring record at Capital One Arena.

Nets star Ben Simmons will miss at least the next three games with what the team is calling a left lateral upper calf strain.

NEW YORK — Kevin Durant was a man on a mission.

TORONTO — The Raptors weren’t coy about the script they planned to follow Wednesday evening — not that having only 10 available players is conducive to maintaining a sense of mystery, anyway. So, after seeing a depleted 76ers team beat the Nets behind offensive rebounding and second-chance points the day…

The short-handed 76ers spoiled Simmons's highly anticipated return to Philadelphia.