Lopez beats buzzer as Nets pull out win over Pistons
First Career Game-Winner Helps Brooklyn Avoid Late-Game Collapse
March 22, 2017 By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Nets center Brook Lopez launches what proved to be the game-winning, buzzer-beating jumper Tuesday night in front of 14,343 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center. AP photo
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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.