Lopez beats buzzer as Nets pull out win over Pistons
First Career Game-Winner Helps Brooklyn Avoid Late-Game Collapse
It took 551 career games and the better part of nine long seasons in the NBA, but Brook Lopez finally enjoyed the thrill of hitting a game-winning jumper at the buzzer Tuesday night in Downtown Brooklyn.
His reward?
Giving rookie Caris LeVert a piggyback ride around the Barclays Center.
The 7-footer helped the Nets shake off a potential fourth-quarter collapse by nailing an off-balance shot from the baseline just prior to end of regulation, lifting Brooklyn to a 98-96 victory over the Detroit Pistons in front of 14,343 paying customers on the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues.