With Joel Embiid watching from the bench, Brooklyn's center Nic Claxton put back a Cameron Johnson miss as time expired to give the Nets a 105-103 win on the road. Johnson led Brooklyn with 23 points.
The Nets were 0-6 in games without D’Angelo Russell this season since his addition to the team. While the veteran point guard was certainly missed at times in Saturday’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center,
Nets center Nic Claxton’s putback layup just beat the buzzer — and beat the 76ers, 105-103, on Saturday night.
Nic Claxton and the Nets reacted to a buzzer beater win of the 76ers that pulled them within a half-game of the Eastern Conference play-in.
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Nic Claxton earned his sixth flagrant foul point of the season on Monday night, which triggered the automatic suspension.
Paul George scored 15 points with three steals and seven rebounds on Saturday night. But it's the rebound he didn't grab as time expired that cost the Philadelphia 76ers in a 105-103 defeat to the Brooklyn Nets.
In the Nets’ loss to the Thunder, Nic Claxton was in street clothes and serving a suspension for the kind of silliness Brooklyn can’t afford.
Nic Claxton's put back sealed a victory for ... in the Nation's capital on Monday looking to move further to the Eastern Conference standings.
The Nets were heading into a rebuild while the 76ers were supposed to be a contender in the Eastern Conference. But the 76ers have slogged through a disappointing season, and Nic Claxton just ...
On Wednesday evening, the Brooklyn Nets will host the Oklahoma City Thunder at Barclays Center in New York. For the game, they will be without one of their bes