Royce O'Neale tipped in Kevin Durant’s missed shot with 0.7 seconds left, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-107.
Jusuf Nurkić’s three-point play had tied it at 107 with 6.5 seconds left.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 12. Yuta Watanabe scored 6 of the Nets’ 12 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Justise Winslow had 2 steals, one of them leading to Shaedon Sharpe’s free throws that put the Trail Blazers ahead 86-85, and the Trail Blazers scored 2 points off them.
Kevin Durant had 35 points and 8 rebounds. Watanabe added 20 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench, and O'Neale had 11 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists, his first career triple-double.
For the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard had 25 points (7 during a 10-0 run across the second and third quarters) and 11 assists but shot 8 for 24, and Anfernee Simons added 24 points (15 in the third quarter). Sharpe scored a career-high 20 points on 7 for 9 shooting off the bench. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Trail Blazers got 8 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Nets 30-13 off turnovers. The Nets were outscored 19-9 in 6 minutes with Curry, Harris, O'Neale, Watanabe and Claxton on the floor together. Ben Simmons fouled out.