CLEVELAND – Kyrie Irving returned from his personal “pause” to score 37 points in his first game with Kevin Durant and James Harden but the new-look, star-studded Brooklyn Nets gave up 42 to Collin Sexton and lost 147-135 in double overtime to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.Sexton scored 15 points in the second OT — most of them over Irving — for the Cavs, who outplayed the Nets all night.
Sexton dropped two 3-pointers and fed Taurean Prince for another in a span of 55 seconds as Cleveland put away Brooklyn.Durant led Brooklyn with 38 points and Harden added 21.