Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving teams’ implosions silver lining for Nets

NBA Playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks smoked the Suns in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals,

Phoenix lost by 25 points to the Denver Nuggets, this time in Game 6 of the conference semi-finals,

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"It was a bad feeling," Durant said. "It was embarrassing. They came out and got us in the mouth and we couldn't recover."

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"We just got to be better next year," Durant said, per ESPN. "It's hard right now to see what the future will hold for our team

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