Harden made a splash alongside Durant, but without Irving, in his initial two games -- the Nets' wins over the Orlando Magic (122-115, Jan. 16) and Milwaukee Bucks (125-123, Jan. 18). After a feeling-out process in the subsequent three games, he has found a groove on the floor with Irving, who are respectively averaging 21.5 and 21.7 points since taking the floor together Jan. 20 at the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"They were both incredible," said head coach Steve Nash. "James manages the game so well -- spreads the floor, scores, assists, rebounds, gets his hands on ball defensively -- and Kyrie was just incredible shotmaking. I mean, he's able to make some amazing plays with the basketball and such a threat out there and so difficult for defenses to contain."

Harden has a left thigh injury, Brooklyn announced Saturday, putting his status for Sunday's 2 p.m. road game against the Washington Wizards (3-12) in question. But the Nets (13-8), who dropped a single-game franchise-record 147 points against the Thunder (8-10), are in good hands from an offensive standpoint.

"Just taking it day by day -- I'm always going to say that I won't take any day for granted," Irving said. "This doesn't happen often in history where you have this group together at this point. Some of the guys were starters last year in their respective teams and other guys are MVP candidates, and to have all of that collective talent and not get the most out of it -- we'd be doing ourselves a disservice. So we just wanted to continue to push each other and hold each other accountable."

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