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All of Isaac Okoro's hard work paid off Thursday night. His game-winning 3-pointer gave the Cavs another improbable comeback win.

This was his moment. This was his shot. The game -- and his teammates’ trust -- in his hands.

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Brooklyn Nets on the road on Thursday night by a final score of 116-114, marking the third straight win for the team ...

For Brooklyn (39-34), forward Mikal Bridges scored a game-high 32 points on 11-19 shooting with six rebounds, while guard Spencer Dinwiddie recorded a double-double with 25 points and 12 assists. Guard Darius Garland scored 13 points with eight assists, while center Jarrett Allen recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Cavs trailed the Nets 109-100 with 3:32 left in the game, with the Cavs making a comeback late to cut it to a 114-113 deficit.

Spencer Dinwiddie isn't sure if Donovan Mitchell committed a lane violation on his second free-throw, but he knows that the Nets put themselves in the ...

For anyone who likes to romanticize the late 2010s Brooklyn Nets, tonight's game had everything: Joe Harris threes, Spencer Dinwiddie drives, Jarrett Allen ...

Harris made four threes in the fourth quarter, tied for the most threes made by a Net in a fourth quarter this season. “I think they were a little late to realize they had the trap and so we have enough shooters out there for them to follow us,” said the head coach. Brooklyn will visit Miami for their next game, knocking on their door both literally and in the standings on Saturday night. Cleveland pressed the Nets in the full court. “It is not with teammates, and so I’ll say that piece of it,” the head coach said pre-game Thursday. Buckets but also it reflected the tenor of the Nets locker room. A Nic Claxton slam later and the Nets were down a basket with just under five minutes until the break. The teams switched things up in the third period, this time going punch for punch with each other. Dinwiddie promptly came off the bench and provided a spark — an act performed dozens of times during his first stint with the Nets and made him a fan favorite. The mental gymnastics created by the Nets in getting to tonight’s finish line were remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons. Brooklyn squeaked into quarter two with that small lead, but a few too many turnovers from the Nets shot them down nine about halfway through the frame. Donovan Mitchell stormed out of the gates to put up 12 points in the first period.

Isaac Okoro hit a game-winning 3-pointer in the final second as the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the final two minutes for a stunning 116-114 ...

Cole Anthony had 18 points off the bench for the Magic, who have won three of four to move within four games of the Chicago Bulls in the race for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference. Washington scored 18, Svi Mykhailiuk had 15 and Gordon Hayward added 12 to lead the Hornets (23-51), who lost starting guards Terry Rozier (foot) and Dennis Smith Jr. and Franz Wagner each scored 16 points apiece. (illness) in the first half. Bones Hyland had 16 points and seven assists for Los Angeles, which avenged a 101-100 home loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday. CJ McCollum scored 20, Trey Murphy III had 19 and Naji Marshall added 16.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Isaac Okoro hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left as Cleveland rallied to beat the Nets in Brooklyn 116-114.

Brooklyn drops to 39-34 (6th in the East). The Cavs finished on a 12-2 run to pull out the win. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Isaac Okoro hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left as Cleveland rallied to beat the Nets in Brooklyn 116-114.

Well, that mini shooting slump ended Thursday night when Okoro not only went 3 of 4 from downtown, but knocked down the game-winning triple to stamp the Cavs' ...

It's a stark improvement and a testament to the work that Okoro's put in to being able to knock down that shot efficiently. The Cavs are five games ahead of the No. He works his tail off on that shot, and he does not have fear of taking shots in the moment. A [Caris LeVert](/nba/players/2019069/caris-levert/) steal on the following possession led to Mitchell being fouled with the chance to tie the game with 11.6 seconds left. [Donovan Mitchell](/nba/players/2842760/donovan-mitchell/) and excellent defense on the other end had Cleveland to within two points with 24 seconds left. The shot was epic, but the circumstances made it even more of a thriller.

Isaac Okoro drained a last-second three-pointer as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a late rally to down the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday.

"Right now our team is just out of sorts. "We did a lot of good things. "We have to do everything a lot better." "A lot of times in defeat you learn who the hell you are -- so this is an opportunity for us to learn who we are." "We exerted so much energy trying to fight out of that hole that we fell short in the end," Thibodeau said. Now we have to let that game go and try and win a ball game in Miami.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the verge of clinching their first playoff appearance since the 2017-18 NBA season.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro reacted to his game-winning 3-point shot against the Brooklyn Nets.

“I’m going to keep being confident in it,” Okoro added. “First, I saw Don miss those layups and I’m just standing,” Okoro said. Cleveland would take a 116-114 victory over the Nets, giving the Cavs a 3-1 advantage over Brooklyn on the season while pushing the Nets down to seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

Pacers guard George Hill was told when he was traded from Milwaukee to Indiana at last month's deadline that he wouldn't play much for his new team and that ...

[Bennedict Mathurin](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mathube01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-24_bbr), [Andrew Nembhard](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nembhan01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-24_bbr), and [Oshae Brissett](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brissos01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-24_bbr)) in their starting lineup. [Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/4326769/2023/03/20/chicago-bulls-lonzo-ball-surgery/?source=emp_shared_article)identifies the seven members of the Bulls most impacted by [Lonzo Ball](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/balllo01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-24_bbr)‘s uncertain future. the Raptors, as [Dopirak writes for The Indianapolis Star](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2023/03/23/pacers-vs-raptors-pacers-canadians-spearhead-win/70022763007/). [Rodney McGruder](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcgruro01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-24_bbr)is on Detroit’s roster more for his locker-room presence than his production on the court. Edwards III of The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/4331256/2023/03/22/pistons-rodney-mcgruder-nbas-perfect-vet-youve-got-no-choice-but-to-respect/?source=emp_shared_article)explores McGruder’s on- and off-court contributions and digs into why he’s so respected by the Pistons’ young players. For it to happen in Toronto, it’s pretty cool.” [Jamal Collier of ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35917754/the-cavaliers-learned-last-year-collapse)explores the lessons the Cavaliers learned from last season’s second-half collapse and why the club is more confident in its chances of making some noise in the postseason this spring. “I would love to be here for a while and watch this thing grow to what I think it could be. Mayberry’s picks range from center [Nikola Vucevic](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vucevni01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-24_bbr), whose free agency decision this summer could be influenced by Ball’s long-term absence, to president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, whose questionable roster decisions are increasingly under the microscope. That was fine by Hill, who referred to himself as a “team-first guy” and is happy to be playing for his hometown club. “When I first got here, he said, you know, ‘We’re developing right now and we want our young guys to get some meaningful minutes, but it doesn’t mean you’re not going to play at all. “Like I tell everybody, I don’t want to be here as a rental,” said Hill, who was born and raised in Indianapolis. “(Pacers coach) Rick (Carlisle) has done a great job of being open and honest,” Hill said.

well, I, too, was watching the Men's NCAA Tournament. But thank goodness for iPads, right? That's how I streamed Thursday's NBA action, four games that not only ...

Westbrook added 24 points and seven assists for the Clippers, and despite Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scoring 30 for the Thunder, this one was never in doubt. The win marked Orlando’s second in a row. In defeat, Mikal Bridges scored 32 points, while Spencer Dinwiddie had 25 points and 12 assists for the Nets, who have now lost their fifth straight game. Then, out of practically nowhere, they ended the game with a 12-2 run, one that was capped off by a corner three from Isaac Okoro, one that put the Cavs ahead, 116-114. Trailing 112-104 with 2:13 left in the game, they appeared dead in the water, minutes from a loss that would put one hell of a damper on an otherwise immaculate run of success over the last few weeks. While everyone else was watching the first night of Sweet 16 action in the Men’s NCAA Tournament, I was watching...

Probably the least likely candidate to take a last-second three-pointer is Isaac Okoro. Yet he's the one who hoisted up the shot with under a second ...