Never count out a team until the final buzzer sounds. The Washington Wizards had an improbable comeback against the Brooklyn Nets, who were clearly on a path to a W.
βͺοΈ Back-and-forth down the stretch
βͺοΈ Beal clutch 3 cuts it to 2
βͺοΈ Garrison Mathews steal
βͺοΈ Russ buries the game-winning 3WILD FINISH to WAS/BKN, capped by the @WashWizards going on an 8-0 run in the final 8.1 seconds to win, 149-146! pic.twitter.com/e5foVNILdJ
— NBA (@NBA) February 1, 2021
The most unbelievable part of the entire 8-0 run in 8.1 seconds was the fact that the Wizards stole the ball on the inbounds play, and instead of going for 2 to tie, Russell Westbrook went for three pointer and nailed it.
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The ending of Nets-Cavs regulation was wild. π³π³ pic.twitter.com/FkLdEIMUgf
— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) January 21, 2021
Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook lead the way with 27 and 41 points respectively. As for postgame Kyrie had an interesting choice of words for how his performance went.
Kyrie: "I couldn't guard a stick today.β
(h/t @malika_andrews) pic.twitter.com/PnggEhzmiw
— ESPN (@espn) February 1, 2021
Twitter reacted to the wild finish:
if you missed Wizards/Nets hereβs all you need to know pic.twitter.com/dc1Vr0RcjQ
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 1, 2021
Wow, what a gm btw Nets/Wizards? Neither tm deserves to lose, but someone must. UNBELIEVABLE GM
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) February 1, 2021
Wowwwwwww big shots and a big steak . Terrible inbounds πππ this wild
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 1, 2021
NBA fans trying to find the defense in tonights Nets vs Wizards game. pic.twitter.com/TbUn8v8Vrk
— nba / ncaa paint (@nba_paint) January 31, 2021
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