Twitter Went Off Following Wizards Scoring 8 points in 8 seconds to Beat the Nets

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.

▪️ Back-and-forth down the stretch
▪️ Beal clutch 3 cuts it to 2
▪️ Garrison Mathews steal
▪️ Russ buries the game-winning 3

WILD 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. 😳😳 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.”

(h/t @malika_andrews) pic.twitter.com/PnggEhzmiw

— ESPN (@espn) February 1, 2021

Twitter reacted to the wild finish:

if you missed Wizards/Nets here’s 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 😂😂😂 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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