NBA Rookie Thomas Lifts Nets Over Spurs In Overtime
Muhammad Rameez Published January 10, 2022 | 09:00 AM
Los Angeles, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Jan, 2022 ) :Rookie Cam Thomas drove for the game-winning basket with 1.7 seconds left in overtime Sunday as the Brooklyn Nets salvaged a 121-119 NBA victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
The Nets, coming off an emphatic loss to the reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, got a much-needed victory on their Barclays Center home court -- where they hadn't won since December 16.
The star-studded Nets -- led by 28 points from Kevin Durant with 26 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds from James Harden -- squandered a 12-point lead with 4:59 remaining in regulation against a Spurs team lying 10th in the Western Conference.
A Durant basket with 4:01 remaining in regulation made it 113-103 for Brooklyn, but they wouldn't score again in the fourth quarter and Spurs rookie Josh Primo's three-pointer in the final minute was enough to force overtime.
Durant missed a pair of attempts and scored one basket in overtime.
But when he couldn't get a shot off in the face of suffocating Spurs defense on the Nets' final possession, he made the pass to Thomas for the game-winner.
"I was open so I made a play," Thomas said.
"Either shoot a three or get to the hoop -- I got to the hoop, did a floater. Good basketball play." Thomas felt no hesitation in the moment.
"I just trust the work I put in," he said. "I put in a lot of work so I'm always ready whenever KD or James kicks it to me in a situation like that." Durant shrugged off the suggestion the Nets -- who have slipped behind the Chicago Bulls at the top of the Eastern Conference -- should have put the Spurs away earlier.
"You've got to respect the Spurs -- they don't stop playing," he said.
He added that the Nets, who like most NBA teams have struggled to field a consistent lineup amid injuries and Covid-19 concerns, did some things well -- including out-rebounding San Antonio.
"It's a different challenge each game," he said. "We figure out what they are, we fight through them and get better."In other early games, the Los Angeles Clippers bounced back from a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday with a 106-93 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Amir Coffey matched his career-high with 21 points and Serge Ibaka added 16 to lead the Clippers, who remain without injured Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
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