Kyrie Irving scored 45 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Detroit Pistons 121-111 in overtime to end a 5-game losing streak.
Derrick Rose made a driving layup with 1.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 106 for the Pistons, but the Nets outscored them 15-5 in overtime.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Pistons 22-11. Irving scored 8 of the Nets’ 22 on 2 for 5 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Rose had 2 steals, one of them leading to Svi Mykhailiuk’s driving dunk that put the Pistons ahead 82-80, and the Pistons scored 4 points off them. In that stretch, Rose had 4 of his 6 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Langston Galloway that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Mykhailiuk that put the Pistons ahead.
Jarrett Allen had 20 points (16 in the paint), 15 rebounds and 4 blocks.
For the Pistons, Rose had 27 points and 6 assists, and Andre Drummond added 20 points (16 in the paint) and 21 rebounds.
The Nets shot 44.7% from the field to the Pistons’ 41.3%. The Pistons forced 11 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Nets outscored the Pistons 32-18 in 11 minutes with Chandler, Irving, Dinwiddie, Harris and Allen on the floor together.