Spencer Dinwiddie scored a game-high 30 points Sunday night for the visiting Brooklyn Nets, who withstood a furious fourth quarter rally by the New York Knicks to escape with a 103-101 victory.
Jarrett Allen finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Taurean Prince added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Nets, who have won three in a row -- all without the injured Kyrie Irving and Caris LeVert -- to get back to .500 at 8-8. Joe Harris added 13 points, and Garrett Temple finished with 12 points.
Marcus Morris Sr. scored 26 points for the Knicks, who have lost three in a row and four of five to fall into last place in the Eastern Conference at 4-13. Julius Randle scored 15 points, followed by Wayne Ellington (12) and Dennis Smith Jr. (10).
The Knicks never led in the second half but mounted a late run and got within a basket four times, first on Morris' 3-pointer with 1:54 left. Dinwiddle responded with a turnaround bank shot to extend the Nets' lead to 98-94.
Ellington then drained a 3-pointer to close the gap to 98-97.
Harris scored through a double team to put the lead back to three, and Frank Ntiliknia missed the potential game-tying 3-pointer from the wing with 45 seconds left.
Allen hit one of two free throws with 43.3 seconds left to push lead back to four, but Randle again closed the gap to two with a dunk with 11.9 seconds remaining.
Harris finally iced the game with two free throws with 6.8 seconds to go to put the Nets up 103-99, before Randle scored on a putback with 0.4 seconds to go.
Dinwiddle and Temple had six points apiece during a 22-3 first quarter run by the Nets that turned a 12-7 deficit into a 29-15 lead.
But the Knicks immediately responded with a 15-0 run that spanned the quarters. Smith scored the final five points and gave New York the lead with a 3-pointer exactly three minutes into the second.
The Nets took the lead at 34-33 on Dinwiddle's layup with 6:54 left. That began a 14-2 run for Brooklyn before the Knicks pulled within 52-46 at halftime.
Morris scored 11 of the Knicks' first 15 points of the second half and drained the 3-pointer that tied the score at 61-61 with 7:40 remaining in the third. Harris answered with a 3-pointer that gave the Nets the lead for good.
The Nets carried an 82-72 lead into the fourth thanks to a pair of free throws by Dinwiddle with 4.3 seconds left in the third. Harris' 3-pointer with 7:11 remaining in the game gave Brooklyn its biggest lead of the second half at 91-80.
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Damian Lillard became the first NBA player this season to score 60 points, but it wasn't enough as Joe Harris ignited a late run that propelled the visiting Brooklyn Nets to a 119-115 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
Lillard drilled a running 34-footer at the final horn, allowing him to surpass his previous career high of 59 points set in April 2017 against the Utah Jazz.
There were three 60-point games in the NBA last season. Houston Rockets guard James Harden had a pair of 61-pointers, while guard Kemba Walker, then of the Charlotte Hornets, went for 60.
Lillard finished 19-for-33 from the field, 7-for-16 on 3-point tries and 15-for-15 from the free-throw line.
The one-man show wasn't enough to overcome 10 combined 3-pointers from Spencer Dinwiddie and Kyrie Irving. Dinwiddie led Brooklyn with 34 points off the bench, and Irving added 33 points.
The Nets outscored the Trail Blazers 48-33 from beyond the arc.
Brooklyn led for most of the first 40 minutes, including by 10 in the second quarter, before a pair of Lillard hoops put Portland on top 99-98 with 7:31 remaining.
The Nets' deficit was 103-98 with 5:45 to go before Dinwiddie scored from the interior and Harris drilled his back-to-back threes, producing a 106-103 lead.
Brooklyn never trailed again, completing a 17-2 run with a 3-pointer by Irving with 1:41 to go that created a 10-point margin at 115-105.
Lillard scored seven straight Portland points to get the host as close as 115-112 with 40.4 seconds to go, but Irving countered with a 9-footer with 17.8 seconds left to clinch it.
Dinwiddie's team-high point total came on 11-for-18 shooting overall and 6-for-10 accuracy from 3-point range.
Irving shot 4-for-8 from beyond the arc and found time for a game-high 6 assists.
Harris finished with 14 points for the Nets, who were opening a 9-day, 5-game trip, while Jarrett Allen had 10 points to complement a team-high 9 rebounds.
Anfernee Simons added 15 points for Portland, which lost its fourth straight, while Hassan Whiteside contributed 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.
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Brooklyn guard Spencer Dinwiddie outdueled Chicago's Lauri Markkanen to rule the Skills Challenge during All-Star Saturday in Los Angeles (Sunday morning in Manila).
Dinwiddie sealed the win by making a chest pass in his first attempt, while Markkanen had to play catch up after botching his first try.
Dinwiddie's triumph marks the first time since 2015 that a guard had won the event. Big men – Karl Anthony Towns and Kristaps Porzingis – have won the past two editions of the contest.
The Brooklyn guard advanced to the final round in come-from-behind fashion. He trailed Sacramento's Buddy Hield in the first round, but knocked down a triple in his first try to advance to the semifinal. It was virtually the same situation in the semis, when he lagged behind Denver's Jamal Murray but calmly stepped into a three-pointer to pull off the upset.
Meanwhile, Markkanen eliminated Detroit's Andre Dummond and Philadelphia's Joel Embiid to advance to the final.
Other competitors included Boston's Al Horford and Los Angeles' Lou Williams.
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Spencer Dinwiddie hit the go-ahead layup with 11 seconds remaining and scored seven of his 20 points in the final 2 1/2 minutes of the fourth quarter, as the Brooklyn Nets beat the Atlanta Hawks 110-105 Friday night at Philips Arena in Atlanta.
Dinwiddie helped the Nets finish the game with a 9-2 run in the final 85 seconds. He gave the Nets the lead for good when he rebounded a missed layup by Dennis Schroder and converted the layup while being fouled by Malcolm Delaney.
After Dinwiddie missed the foul shot, he grabbed the rebound with nine seconds left and sank two free throws for a 108-105 margin.
Following a timeout, Schroder missed a layup with five seconds remaining and was called for traveling after the Hawks grabbed the rebound. The Nets finished it off when Caris LeVert dunked with three seconds remaining.
Dinwiddie nearly recorded his first career triple-double, totaling 10 assists and matching a career best with nine rebounds. He posted his first career game with 20 points and 10 assists, as the Nets broke a three-game losing streak.
Schroder led all scorers with a career-high 34 points on 14-of-26 shooting. He scored 11 of his points in the fourth and added seven assists.
Schroder's final assist was to Dewayne Dedmon, who buried an open 3-pointer to give Atlanta a 99-94 lead with 2:37 remaining.
Jahlil Okafor added 17 points for the Nets, who shot 46 percent and made eight of their last nine shots. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 14, while DeMarre Carroll contributed 13 for Brooklyn.
Kent Bazemore added 16 and Dedmon contributed 11 before fouling out for Atlanta, which did not take its first lead until late in the third quarter.
The Nets held a 53-50 lead by halftime, opened the third with a 9-2 run and took a 63-52 lead on a Dinwiddie 3-pointer with 8:19 remaining. Atlanta countered with a 17-5 run to take a 70-68 lead on a 3-pointer by Bazemore with 2:25 left.
The teams went into the fourth in a 74-74 deadlock after LeVert missed a drive to the rim and Tyler Dorsey missed a 3-pointer for Atlanta.
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