With less than 10 seconds remaining, the Nets trailed by four at 97-93 and were taking the ball out on the sideline. After a bit of an issue getting the ball inbounds, Tosan Evbuomwan found Keon Johnson on the opposite wing for a quick 3-pointer that hit nothing but net and cut the deficit to one at 97-96.

After Rockets coach Ime Udoka dismissively called the Nets a “lower-level team,” Nets coach Jordi Fernandez made sure his players knew about it. Then those Nets did something about it, stunning the Rockets with a 99-97 victory before 16,