
With the clock running down and the Nets up four, Kevin Durant sensed blood in the water. He drove right, brought the ball behind his back, then stepped-back for a dagger wing three-pointer, putting the nail in the coffin for the Nets in their 122-116 win over the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night in Brooklyn. The shot touched nothing but net, and as Durant ran back to his bench after a Nuggets timeout, he gestured a reverse fist pump with his thumb, as if to say “get them out of here.” This is why you pay him the max. The Nets signed Durant to a $164 million contract despite knowing he’d be out…