Kyrie Irving has hit a game-winning 3-pointer on the buzzer because the rising Brooklyn Nets rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 119-116, extending their NBA successful streak to a season-high 5.
Kevin Durant scored 26 factors and Nic Claxton had 15 factors, 10 rebounds and a career-high six blocks, serving to the Nets overcome an 18-point deficit in Friday night time’s conflict in Toronto.
Australian guard Patty Mills missed the Nets’ journey resulting from sickness however countryman Ben Simmons began and performed 32 minutes, including 10 factors and 5 rebounds.
After a horror begin to the season, the Nets are driving excessive at fourth within the Eastern Division – behind solely Boston, Milwaukee and Cleveland – and have an 18-12 document, together with 8-7 on the street.
Irving scored 15 of his 32 factors within the fourth quarter, eluding Toronto’s Fred VanVleet to attach on the successful basket – the primary game-winning buzzer-beater of his NBA profession..
In Oklahoma City, Australian star Josh Giddey’s try at a buzzer-beating winner from three-quarter court docket bounced away off the highest of the backboard within the Thunder’s 112-110 loss to the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves.
Giddey, who had 11 factors, six assists and 13 rebounds, had pulled the Thunder (11-18) to inside 108-107 with a basket with 1:36 to go.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 35 factors however the Timberwolves (14-15) prevailed regardless of being with out injured starters Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell.
In Boston, Moritz Wagner scored 25 factors and Paolo Banchero added 20 because the lowly-ranked Orlando Magic beat the NBA-leading Celtics 117-109.
Jayson Tatum scored 31 factors and Jaylen Brown 26 as Boston (22-8) misplaced for the third time in 4 video games. The Celtics tried 46 3-pointers and made 11.
In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid had 34 factors and 13 rebounds, James Harden added 27 factors and 9 assists because the Philadelphia 76ers (16-12) beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors 118-106.
Stephen Curry sat out for defending champions Golden State (14-16) two nights after injuring his left shoulder in a loss at Indiana. Draymond Green (quad) and Andrew Wiggins (adductor) additionally missed the sport, whereas Klay Thompson performed by means of soreness in his left knee to attain 12 factors.
In Cleveland, Donovan Mitchell scored 18 of his 41 factors within the fourth quarter and his Cavaliers (19-11) overcame a 13-point deficit to beat Indiana 118-112.
In Chicago, RJ Barrett scored 27 factors and New York once more used 3-point capturing to beat Chicago 114-91, sweeping the two-game set to run their successful streak to 6.
In Los Angeles, the Lakers overcame Anthony Davis’s newest harm to beat Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets 126-108.
LeBron James scored 30 factors and Russell Westbrook had 15 factors, 12 assists and 11 rebounds for the Lakers who produced a few of their prettiest workforce basketball of the season down the stretch as Davis missed the second half with a foot harm.
James took over at centre in Davis’ absence, typically guarding the 6-foot-11 Jokic and grabbing 9 rebounds.
In different outcomes, Dallas thrashed Portland 130-110, Sacramento beat Detroit 122-113 and Atlanta downed Charlotte 125-106.
