# 2021–22 Brooklyn Nets season

The 2021–22 Brooklyn Nets season was the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 55th season overall, and its 10th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On April 2, 2022, the Nets clinched a spot in the play-in tournament. On April 12, the Nets clinched a playoff spot after winning the play-in game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs, they faced the Boston Celtics, losing the series 4–0. It was the second time in three seasons that the Nets were swept in the first round of the playoffs; in the 2020 playoffs, they were swept by the Toronto Raptors.

## Draft

2021 NBA draft picks :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club |
| 1 | 27 | Cam Thomas | SG | United States | LSU |
| 2 | 44 | Kessler Edwards | SF | United States | Pepperdine |
| 2 | 49 | Marcus Zegarowski | PG | United States | Creighton |
| 2 | 59 | RaiQuan Gray | PF | United States | Florida State |
The Nets entered the draft holding one first round pick and three second round picks. The 44th overall pick was acquired on July 7, 2016, in a trade with the Indiana Pacers. The 49th overall pick was acquired on July 6, 2019, in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks. The 59th overall pick was acquired on July 20, 2018, in a trade with the Phoenix Suns. The Nets used their 27th overall pick to select Cam Thomas, and then selected Kessler Edwards (44th overall pick), Marcus Zegarowski (49th overall pick) and RaiQuan Gray (59th overall pick).

## Game log
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on August 10, 2021.
2021 preseason game log Total: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1) :
Preseason: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 3
@ L.A. Lakers
W 123–97
Thomas (21)
Millsap (10)
Aldridge, Millsap (3)
Staples Center 16,000
1–0
2
October 8
Milwaukee
W 119–115
Durant (18)
Durant (6)
Griffin (5)
Barclays Center 12,770
2–0
3
October 11
@ Philadelphia
L 104–115
Durant (23)
Durant (7)
Harden (4)
Wells Fargo Center 14,522
2–1
4
October 14
Minnesota
W 107–101
Harris (23)
Millsap (9)
Harden (14)
Barclays Center 11,210
3–1 :
2021–22 preseason schedule :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on August 20, 2021.
2021–22 game log Total: 44–38 (home: 20–21; road: 24–17) :
October: 4–3 (home: 3–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 19
@ Milwaukee
L 104–127
Durant (32)
Durant (11)
Harden (8)
Fiserv Forum 17,341
0–1
2
October 22
@ Philadelphia
W 114–109
Durant (29)
Durant (15)
Durant (12)
Wells Fargo Center 20,367
1–1
3
October 24
Charlotte
L 95–111
Durant (38)
Aldridge (8)
Harden (8)
Barclays Center 17,732
1–2
4
October 25
Washington
W 104–90
Durant (25)
Griffin (9)
Harden (9)
Barclays Center 14,487
2–2
5
October 27
Miami
L 93–106
Durant (25)
Durant (11)
Harden (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
2–3
6
October 29
Indiana
W 105–98
Harden (29)
Durant (11)
Harden (8)
Barclays Center 16,139
3–3
7
October 31
Detroit
W 117–91
Durant (23)
Harden (10)
Harden (12)
Barclays Center 13,507
4–3 :
November: 11–3 (home: 4–2; road: 7–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 3
Atlanta
W 117–108
Durant (32)
Durant, Griffin (7)
Harden (11)
Barclays Center 17,323
5–3
9
November 5
@ Detroit
W 96–90
Durant (29)
Durant, Harden (10)
Harden (10)
Little Caesars Arena 14,235
6–3
10
November 7
@ Toronto
W 116–103
Durant (31)
Griffin (11)
Harden (8)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
7–3
11
November 8
@ Chicago
L 95–118
Durant (38)
Durant (11)
Harden (5)
United Center 19,459
7–4
12
November 10
@ Orlando
W 123–90
Durant (30)
Harden (11)
Harden (11)
Amway Center 13,882
8–4
13
November 12
@ New Orleans
W 120–112
Harden (39)
Durant (7)
Harden (12)
Smoothie King Center 14,650
9–4
14
November 14
@ Oklahoma City
W 120–96
Durant (33)
Aldridge, Durant (8)
Harden (13)
Paycom Center 15,080
10–4
15
November 16
Golden State
L 99–117
Harden (24)
Sharpe (7)
Harden, Mills (4)
Barclays Center 17,732
10–5
16
November 17
Cleveland
W 109–99
Harden (27)
Brown, Harden (10)
Harden (7)
Barclays Center 16,922
11–5
17
November 19
Orlando
W 115–113
Harden (36)
Harden, Johnson (10)
Harden (8)
Barclays Center 16,966
12–5
18
November 22
@ Cleveland
W 117–112
Durant (27)
Aldridge (11)
Harden (14)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,387
13–5
19
November 24
@ Boston
W 123–104
Mills (23)
Bembry (10)
Harden (11)
TD Garden 19,156
14–5
20
November 27
Phoenix
L 107–113
Durant (39)
Harden (13)
Harden (14)
Barclays Center 18,071
14–6
21
November 30
New York
W 112–110
Harden (34)
Harden (10)
Durant (9)
Barclays Center 18,081
15–6 :
December: 8–4 (home: 3–3; road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
December 3
Minnesota
W 110–105
Durant (30)
Durant (10)
Harden (9)
Barclays Center 17,732
16–6
23
December 4
Chicago
L 107–111
Durant (28)
Brown (12)
Harden (14)
Barclays Center 18,116
16–7
24
December 7
@ Dallas
W 102–99
Durant (24)
Claxton, Harden (9)
Harden (12)
American Airlines Center 19,559
17–7
25
December 8
@ Houston
L 104–114
Harden (25)
Harden (11)
Harden (8)
Toyota Center 15,834
17–8
26
December 10
@ Atlanta
W 113–105
Durant (31)
Johnson (8)
Harden (11)
State Farm Arena 17,074
18–8
27
December 12
@ Detroit
W 116–104
Durant (51)
Durant (7)
Durant (9)
Little Caesars Arena 15,289
19–8
28
December 14
Toronto
W 131–129 (OT)
Durant (34)
Duke Jr., Durant (13)
Durant (11)
Barclays Center 17,325
20–8
29
December 16
Philadelphia
W 114–105
Durant (34)
Durant (11)
Durant (8)
Barclays Center 17,053
21–8
30
December 18
Orlando
L 93–100
Mills (23)
Duke Jr. (14)
Griffin (6)
Barclays Center 16,292
21–9
December 19
Denver
Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic; moved to January 26
Barclays Center
December 21
Washington
Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic; moved to February 17
Barclays Center
December 23
@ Portland
Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic; moved to January 10
Moda Center
31
December 25
@ L.A. Lakers
W 122–115
Harden (36)
Harden (10)
Harden (10)
Crypto.com Arena 18,997
22–9
32
December 27
@ L.A. Clippers
W 124–108
Harden (39)
Griffin (9)
Harden (15)
Crypto.com Arena 17,128
23–9
33
December 30
Philadelphia
L 102–110
Durant, Harden (33)
Harden (14)
Harden (10)
Barclays Center 17,920
23–10 :
January: 6–10 (home: 2–6; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
January 1
L.A. Clippers
L 116–120
Harden (34)
Harden (12)
Harden (13)
Barclays Center 17,732
23–11
35
January 3
Memphis
L 104–118
Durant (26)
Brown (7)
Harden (8)
Barclays Center 17,089
23–12
36
January 5
@ Indiana
W 129–121
Durant (39)
Durant (8)
Durant (7)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 14,176
24–12
37
January 7
Milwaukee
L 109–121
Durant (29)
Durant (8)
Durant, Harden (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
24–13
38
January 9
San Antonio
W 121–119 (OT)
Durant (28)
Claxton (14)
Harden (12)
Barclays Center 15,606
25–13
39
January 10
@ Portland
L 108–114
Durant (28)
Durant (10)
Durant, Mills (5)
Moda Center 16,379
25–14
40
January 12
@ Chicago
W 138–112
Durant (27)
Harden, Sharpe (7)
Harden (16)
United Center 21,698
26–14
41
January 13
Oklahoma City
L 109–130
Harden (26)
Millsap (10)
Harden (9)
Barclays Center 16,964
26–15
42
January 15
New Orleans
W 120–105
Harden (27)
Sharpe (10)
Harden (15)
Barclays Center 17,034
27–15
43
January 17
@ Cleveland
L 107–114
Irving (27)
Harden, Irving (7)
Harden (10)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 18,105
27–16
44
January 19
@ Washington
W 119–118
Irving (30)
Harden (8)
Harden (9)
Capital One Arena 15,380
28–16
45
January 21
@ San Antonio
W 117–102
Harden (37)
Harden, Sharpe (10)
Harden (11)
AT&T Center 15,068
29–16
46
January 23
@ Minnesota
L 125–136
Irving (30)
Sharpe (9)
Harden (13)
Target Center 16,475
29–17
47
January 25
L.A. Lakers
L 96–106
Harden (33)
Harden (12)
Harden (11)
Barclays Center 18,126
29–18
48
January 26
Denver
L 118–124
Thomas (25)
Aldridge, Johnson (8)
Johnson (7)
Barclays Center 18,011
29–19
49
January 29
@ Golden State
L 106–110
Irving (32)
Claxton (8)
Irving (7)
Chase Center 18,064
29–20 :
February: 3–10 (home: 1–4; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
50
February 1
@ Phoenix
L 111–121
Irving (26)
Griffin (6)
Harden (10)
Footprint Center 17,071
29–21
51
February 2
@ Sacramento
L 101–112
Claxton (23)
Claxton (11)
Harden (12)
Golden 1 Center 13,153
29–22
52
February 4
@ Utah
L 102–125
Thomas (30)
Sharpe (8)
Irving (6)
Vivint Arena 18,306
29–23
53
February 6
@ Denver
L 104–124
Irving (27)
Edwards (6)
Irving (11)
Ball Arena 18,241
29–24
54
February 8
Boston
L 91–126
Carter (21)
Sharpe (9)
Johnson (5)
Barclays Center 17,732
29–25
55
February 10
@ Washington
L 112–113
Irving (31)
Sharpe (10)
Irving (6)
Capital One Arena 15,204
29–26
56
February 12
@ Miami
L 111–115
Irving (29)
Sharpe (12)
Irving (5)
FTX Arena 19,600
29–27
57
February 14
Sacramento
W 109–85
Curry (23)
Drummond (9)
Brown (6)
Barclays Center 16,873
30–27
58
February 16
@ New York
W 111–106
Thomas (21)
Drummond (19)
Curry (6)
Madison Square Garden 18,916
31–27
59
February 17
Washington
L 103–117
Mills (22)
Drummond (9)
Brown, Curry (4)
Barclays Center 17,477
31–28
60
February 24
Boston
L 106–129
Curry (22)
Brown, Curry (7)
Johnson (6)
Barclays Center 17,986
31–29
61
February 26
@ Milwaukee
W 126–123
Irving (38)
Drummond (12)
Drummond, Irving (5)
Fiserv Forum 17,341
32–29
62
February 28
Toronto
L 97–133
Aldridge (15)
Sharpe (7)
Dragić (5)
Barclays Center 17,112
32–30 :
March: 8–7 (home: 4–4; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
63
March 1
@ Toronto
L 108–109
Johnson (19)
Aldridge (9)
Curry (6)
Scotiabank Arena 18,903
32–31
64
March 3
Miami
L 107–113
Durant (31)
Aldridge, Brown, Durant, Thomas (4)
Dragić (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
32–32
65
March 6
@ Boston
L 120–126
Durant (37)
Drummond (7)
Durant (8)
TD Garden 19,156
32–33
66
March 8
@ Charlotte
W 132–121
Irving (50)
Drummond (14)
Dragić, Durant (7)
Spectrum Center 17,230
33–33
67
March 10
@ Philadelphia
W 129–100
Durant (25)
Durant (14)
Dragić, Durant (7)
Wells Fargo Center 21,408
34–33
68
March 13
New York
W 110–107
Durant (53)
Drummond (10)
Durant (9)
Barclays Center 18,057
35–33
69
March 15
@ Orlando
W 150–108
Irving (60)
Claxton (10)
Brown (8)
Amway Center 15,282
36–33
70
March 16
Dallas
L 111–113
Durant (23)
Drummond (17)
Durant (10)
Barclays Center 17,981
36–34
71
March 18
Portland
W 128–123
Durant (38)
Claxton, Drummond (9)
Dragić (10)
Barclays Center 17,732
37–34
72
March 21
Utah
W 114–106
Durant (37)
Durant (9)
Durant (8)
Barclays Center 17,887
38–34
73
March 23
@ Memphis
L 120–132
Irving (43)
Durant (11)
Durant, Irving (8)
FedExForum 17,794
38–35
74
March 26
@ Miami
W 110–95
Durant (23)
Drummond (11)
Irving (6)
FTX Arena 19,600
39–35
75
March 27
Charlotte
L 110–119
Durant (27)
Drummond (17)
Irving (11)
Barclays Center 18,166
39–36
76
March 29
Detroit
W 130–123
Durant (41)
Drummond (13)
Durant (5)
Barclays Center 17,559
40–36
77
March 31
Milwaukee
L 119–120 (OT)
Durant (26)
Drummond (10)
Durant (11)
Barclays Center 17,917
40–37 :
April: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
78
April 2
@ Atlanta
L 115–122
Durant (55)
Drummond (13)
Irving (6)
State Farm Arena 18,126
40–38
79
April 5
Houston
W 118–105
Irving (42)
Drummond (11)
Durant (7)
Barclays Center 17,768
41–38
80
April 6
@ New York
W 110–98
Durant (32)
Durant (10)
Durant (11)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
42–38
81
April 8
Cleveland
W 118–107
Durant (36)
Drummond (12)
Brown, Irving (8)
Barclays Center 18,169
43–38
82
April 10
Indiana
W 134–126
Irving (35)
Drummond (13)
Durant (16)
Barclays Center 17,967
44–38 :
2021–22 season schedule :

### Play-in

2022 play-in game log Total: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0) :
Play-in: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
April 12
Cleveland
W 115–108
Irving (34)
Brown, Claxton (9)
Irving (12)
Barclays Center 17,732
1–0 :
2021–22 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2022 playoff game log Total: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) :
First round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 17
@ Boston
L 114–115
Irving (39)
Claxton (8)
Curry, Irving (6)
TD Garden 19,156
0–1
2
April 20
@ Boston
L 107–114
Durant (27)
Brown, Irving (8)
Durant (5)
TD Garden 19,156
0–2
3
April 23
Boston
L 103–109
Brown (26)
Brown, Durant (8)
Irving (9)
Barclays Center 18,175
0–3
4
April 25
Boston
L 112–116
Durant (39)
Dragić (8)
Durant (9)
Barclays Center 18,099
0–4 :
2022 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season statistics

As of April 10, 2022
Brooklyn Nets statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 47 | 12 | 22.3 | .550 | .304 | .873 | 5.5 | .9 | .3 | 1.0 | 12.9 |
| DeAndre' Bembry | 48 | 20 | 19.8 | .568 | .417 | .600 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .5 | 5.8 |
| Bruce Brown | 72 | 45 | 24.6 | .506 | .404 | .758 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .7 | 9.0 |
| Jevon Carter | 46 | 1 | 12.0 | .333 | .331 | .700 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .3 | .2 | 3.6 |
| Nic Claxton | 47 | 19 | 20.7 | .674 | — | .581 | 5.6 | .9 | .5 | 1.1 | 8.7 |
| Seth Curry | 19 | 19 | 29.9 | .493 | .468 | .857 | 2.6 | 2.6 | .9 | .2 | 14.9 |
| Goran Dragić | 16 | 6 | 25.5 | .376 | .245 | .739 | 3.2 | 4.8 | .9 | .2 | 7.3 |
| Andre Drummond | 24 | 24 | 22.3 | .610 | .000 | .537 | 10.3 | 1.4 | .9 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| David Duke Jr. | 22 | 7 | 15.5 | .361 | .243 | .810 | 3.0 | .8 | .6 | .3 | 4.7 |
| Kevin Durant | 55 | 55 | 37.2 | .518 | .383 | .910 | 7.4 | 6.4 | .9 | .9 | 29.9 |
| Kessler Edwards | 48 | 23 | 20.6 | .412 | .353 | .842 | 3.6 | .6 | .6 | .5 | 5.9 |
| James Ennis III | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | .286 | .500 | — | 2.5 | .0 | .5 | .5 | 2.5 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Langston Galloway | 4 | 0 | 14.5 | .385 | .250 | — | 2.0 | 1.3 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Blake Griffin | 56 | 24 | 17.1 | .425 | .262 | .724 | 4.1 | 1.9 | .5 | .3 | 6.4 |
| James Harden | 44 | 44 | 37.0 | .414 | .332 | .869 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 1.3 | .7 | 22.5 |
| Joe Harris | 14 | 14 | 30.2 | .452 | .466 | .833 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .5 | .1 | 11.3 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | .333 | .000 | — | 2.0 | 1.5 | .5 | .5 | 2.0 |
| Kyrie Irving | 29 | 29 | 37.6 | .469 | .418 | .915 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 1.4 | .6 | 27.4 |
| James Johnson | 62 | 10 | 19.2 | .469 | .271 | .527 | 3.5 | 2.1 | .5 | .5 | 5.5 |
| Patty Mills | 81 | 48 | 29.0 | .408 | .400 | .814 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .6 | .2 | 11.4 |
| Paul Millsap | 24 | 0 | 11.3 | .376 | .222 | .706 | 3.7 | 1.0 | .2 | .5 | 3.4 |
| Day'Ron Sharpe | 32 | 8 | 12.2 | .577 | .286 | .585 | 5.0 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 6.2 |
| Cam Thomas | 67 | 2 | 17.6 | .433 | .270 | .829 | 2.4 | 1.2 | .5 | .1 | 8.5 |

### Playoff statistics

As of April 25, 2022
Brooklyn Nets statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Bruce Brown | 4 | 4 | 34.8 | .568 | .429 | .800 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | .8 | 14.0 |
| Nic Claxton | 4 | 0 | 24.5 | .792 | — | .182 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| Seth Curry | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | .564 | .522 | .667 | 2.5 | 3.0 | .3 | .8 | 14.5 |
| Goran Dragić | 4 | 0 | 19.8 | .563 | .333 | 1.000 | 4.5 | 1.5 | .8 | .0 | 10.5 |
| Andre Drummond | 4 | 4 | 15.0 | .545 | — | .600 | 3.0 | .8 | 1.3 | .8 | 3.8 |
| Kevin Durant | 4 | 4 | 44.0 | .386 | .333 | .895 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 26.3 |
| Kessler Edwards | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | — | — | — | .0 | .5 | .5 | .0 | .0 |
| Blake Griffin | 2 | 0 | 12.5 | .286 | .400 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .5 | .5 | 4.0 |
| Kyrie Irving | 4 | 4 | 42.5 | .444 | .381 | 1.000 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 21.3 |
| Patty Mills | 4 | 0 | 18.0 | .563 | .538 | — | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 6.3 |
| Day'Ron Sharpe | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | — | — | — | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Cam Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | — | — | — | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| August 6, 2021 | To Brooklyn NetsJevon Carter Draft rights to Day'Ron Sharpe | To Phoenix SunsLandry Shamet |
| August 6, 2021 | To Brooklyn NetsDraft rights to Nikola Milutinov 2024 second round pick 2025 second round pick swap | To Washington WizardsKentavious Caldwell-Pope Spencer Dinwiddie Montrezl Harrell Aaron Holiday Kyle Kuzma Draft rights to Isaiah Todd Cash considerations |
| August 6, 2021 | To Los Angeles LakersRussell Westbrook 2023 second round pick 2024 second round pick 2028 second round pick | To Indiana PacersDraft rights to Isaiah Jackson |
| To San Antonio SpursChandler Hutchison 2022 second round pick ||
| September 4, 2021 | To Brooklyn NetsSekou Doumbouya Jahlil Okafor | To Detroit PistonsDeAndre Jordan 2022 second round pick 2024 second round pick 2025 second round pick 2027 second round pick Cash considerations |
| October 6, 2021 | To Brooklyn NetsCash considerations | To Houston RocketsSekou Doumbouya 2024 second round pick |
| October 6, 2021 | To Brooklyn NetsEdmond Sumner 2025 second round pick | To Indiana PacersDraft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet |
| February 10, 2022 | To Brooklyn NetsSeth Curry Andre Drummond Ben Simmons 2022 first round pick 2027 first round pick | To Philadelphia 76ersJames Harden Paul Millsap |