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Opening Night of preseason went about as well as could be expected. Ben Simmons played for the first time in 470 days and looked rusty. Like Simmons, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving played 19 minutes each and looked like KD and Kyrie, just a little less. Joe Harris returned from 11 months off, launches two airballs, then went 2-of-5 from deep. Royce O’Neale and Nic Claxton both looked good on both ends and Yuta Watanabe and Edmond Sumner showed potential.

And of course all of it was pretty much meaningless.

The Nets meet the Miami the Heat Thursday, again at Barclays. Like the Nets, the Heat lost their first preseason game to the Timberwolves. The game will be a little less meaningless than Game 1 and once again, Brooklyn will be facing a tough Eastern Conference rival — and perennial contender. The Heat are basically returning their entire roster, with only two additions, both rookies and one of them is a two-way. Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra are going the continuity route while so many of their rivals are banking on change.

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