The Brooklyn Nets went on a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 102-94.
The Wizards went on a 20-7 run to lead 92-87 with 4:08 left in the fourth quarter. Mikal Bridges’ free throw put the Nets ahead for good with 2:03 left. He scored 6 points during the run, and they led 102-92 with 17 seconds left.
Bridges’ 10-foot fadeaway with 1:28 left made it 95-92, and Cameron Johnson’s driving layup with 30.8 seconds left put it away at 97-92.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Wizards 13-5. Johnson scored 7 of the Nets’ 13 on 3 for 5 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Spencer Dinwiddie had 2 steals, one of them leading to Johnson’s driving layup that tied the game at 87, and the Nets scored 4 points off them. With 2:30 left, Bridges stole the ball from Jordan Poole, and his driving layup off it tied the game at 92.
Bridges had 27 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, and Nic Claxton added 10 points (all 10 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 4 blocks.
For the Wizards, Bilal Coulibaly had a career-high 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 4 steals on 8 for 12 shooting off the bench, and Deni Avdija went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Nets grabbed 20 offensive rebounds to the Wizards’ 7. The Wizards outscored the Nets 28-13 off turnovers. The Wizards outscored the Nets 35-15 in 14 minutes with Gallinari, Shamet, Avdija, Kispert and Coulibaly on the floor together. Poole fouled out.