D'Angelo Russell scored 40 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Charlotte Hornets 117-115.
Russell’s 30-foot 3-pointer answered Kemba Walker’s driving layup and put the Nets back ahead for good with 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets had the ball down 2 with 5.0 seconds left, but Caris LeVert blocked Walker’s 3-pointer, lifting the Nets’ chance to win from 92% to over 99%. It would have put the Hornets ahead.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Nets 10-8. Walker (No. 2 in clutch points, 2018-19) scored 8 of the Hornets’ 10 on 3 for 6 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Walker had 2 steals, one of them leading to Tony Parker’s 19-foot pull-up jumper that tied the game at 94, and the Hornets scored 4 points off them.
Joe Harris scored 19 points.
For the Hornets, Walker scored 32 points (15 in the third quarter) with 6 3-pointers, and Parker added 21 points on 10 for 16 shooting off the bench.
The Hornets were outscored 14-4 in 4 minutes with Williams, Batum, Walker, Kidd-Gilchrist and Lamb on the floor together. Cody Zeller fouled out.