Kawhi Leonard made a 16-foot pull-up jumper on a pass from Kyle Lowry with 4.4 seconds left, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 127-125 for their fifth straight win.
The Nets had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but D'Angelo Russell missed a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Raptors outscored the Nets 14-11. Leonard (No. 4 in clutch points, 2018-19) scored 6 of the Raptors’ 14 on 3 for 5 shooting.
Leonard had 30 points and a season-high 8 assists, and Serge Ibaka added 18 points (12 in the third quarter) and 12 rebounds on 9 for 13 shooting. Leonard and Lowry set each other up for 6 baskets and 15 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Nets, Russell had 28 points (14 in the third quarter) and a career-high 14 assists, and Joe Harris added 24 points on 7 for 9 shooting. Allen Crabbe scored 22 points on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench. The Nets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Nets made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Harris and 6 by Crabbe. They got 5 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.