NBA: Dinwiddie buzzer-beater lifts Dallas Mavericls over Brooklyn Nets

Spencer Dinwiddie of the Dallas Mavericks celebrates after hitting a game winning shot with no time on the clock to defeat the Brooklyn Nets 113-11 during their game at Barclays Center on March 16, 2022 in New York City.  (Getty Images via AFP)

LOS ANGELES – Spencer Dinwiddie scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer as the Dallas Mavericks staged a dramatic comeback to end the Brooklyn Nets’ four-game winning streak on Wednesday.

Dinwiddie’s 25-foot winner sealed a pulsating tussle in Brooklyn which had been dominated by a thrilling duel between Nets star Kevin Durant and the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic.

Durant looked to have edged the Nets into a game-winning position with 10 seconds remaining after sinking a three-pointer from 27 feet to put Brooklyn 111-110 ahead, just after Doncic’s fadeaway jumper gave Dallas a slender 110-108 lead.

But with the last play of the game, Doncic worked the ball to Dinwiddie on the edge of the arc and the shooting guard made no mistake with the three for a 113-111 victory.

It capped a superb fourth quarter performance from Dinwiddie, who scored 15 of his 22 points in the final period.

Dinwiddie, who joined Dallas in a trade from the Washington Wizards last month, insisted Doncic, who finished with 37 points with nine rebounds and nine assists, should take the credit.

“That was Luka making a play rather than me doing anything special,” Dinwiddie said.

Brooklyn looked to have taken a decisive advantage after leading 91-78 at the end of the third quarter in front of a sellout 17,981 crowd at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena.

But Dinwiddie’s late burst of scoring helped the Mavs outscore the hosts 34-20 in the final period to seal victory.

Durant led the Nets scoring with 23 points, while Goran Dragic added 21.

The Mavericks improved to 43-26 with the win, to remain fourth in the Western Conference while the Nets fell to 36-34 in the East.

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