Nets beat Cavaliers 104-95
The Brooklyn Nets went on a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-95.
The Cavaliers led 92-90 with 6:11 left in the fourth quarter. Markel Brown’s corner 3-pointer put the Nets ahead for good with 4:09 left. They pulled away to a 104-92 lead with 22 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Cavaliers 9-0. Brown scored 5 of the Nets’ 9 on 2 for 2 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Chris McCullough had 2 steals, one of them leading to Rondae Hollis-Jefferson’s reverse layup that tied the game at 84, and the Nets scored 2 points off them. In that stretch, Donald Sloan had 4 of his 6 assists off the bench, 1 of them on a basket by Hollis-Jefferson that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Hollis-Jefferson and Brown that put the Nets ahead.
Brook Lopez scored 22 points (16 in the paint), and Hollis-Jefferson added 10 points and 3 steals off the bench.
For the Cavaliers, LeBron James scored 30 points (22 in the paint) on 13 for 16 shooting, and Kyrie Irving went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Cavaliers forced 9 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Cavaliers were outscored 17-4 in 6 minutes with James, Smith, Love, Irving and Thompson on the floor together.