After two consecutive losses in the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets came back to win this morning (Friday) with 107:109 over the Portland Trail Blazers at the end of a close game.
6.5 seconds to the end, Yusuf Nurkic made a basket and a foul to make it 107:107, Brooklyn went on a last attack, Kevin Durant missed a hard shot but Royce O'Neal pushed the rebound in with 0.7 seconds on the clock and gave the team from New York a big win.
ROYCE O'NEALE TIPS IT IN FOR THE @BrooklynNets WIN!
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— NBA (@NBA) November 18, 2022
The Nets, with the new coach on the lines Jacques Vaughan, and still without the star Kyrie Irving whose suspension was extended following the anti-Semitic remarks, found a new star in the form of the Japanese Yuta Watanabe who scored 20 and starred in Money Time.
Kevin Durant was excellent as usual with 35 points and 8 rebounds and Ben Simmons also had a good game with 15 points 12 rebounds and 7 assists.
Watanabe.
A surprising savior, photo: AP
For Portland, Damian Lillard was also good with 25 points and 11 assists, but missed some important shots in money time that could change the fate of the game.
Portland, which has been amazing so far with a great start to the season, stops, precisely against Brooklyn, for whom this is only the seventh victory of the season.
The Trail Blazers drop to 5:10.
Sacramento Kings (6:8) - San Antonio Spurs (10:6) 112:130
Is the Sacramento Kings drought about to be broken?
Based on the start of her NBA season, it may very well be.
The team from California recorded their eighth victory of the season in the league tonight, when they beat San Antonio 112:130.
It's the fifth straight win for Sacramento, who haven't had a six-game winning streak since the 2004-05 season.
Malik Monk, who set a season high of 26 points and added 4 rebounds and 2 assists, excelled at Sacramento, next to Dearon Fox, who as usual was excellent with 28 points and 8 assists.
The Spurs, who were missing Keldon Johnson due to an ankle injury, received 29 points from Devin Vassell, but lost nine of the last ten games, after opening the season with a positive balance of 2:5.
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