Nets survive late Bulls rally to snap longest losing streak in NBA
NY Post
It wasn’t perfect. Or even pretty.
But it was enough to snap the longest losing skid in the league. Barely.
Brooklyn threw away a 20-point fourth-quarter cushion, and needed a last-ditch basket by Michael Porter Jr. to pull out a 112-109 escape against Chicago before a sellout crowd of 17,548 at Barclays Center on Friday night.
Porter had a game-high 26 points, including a go-ahead layup with five seconds left. Then the Nets needed a late steal by rookie Drake Powell on Tre Jones to close out what should have been an easy win, having turned a laugher into a nail-biter.
“The lesson is that there’s no safe lead in the NBA. Teams will always punch back,” coach Jordi Fernández said. “And obviously, give them credit. But at the end of the day, responding is important because when things go against you and then the other team takes the lead, it may seem like a big mountain in front of you. And the guys kept composure, scored when we needed to. Mike with a big bucket and then the stop.”
The Nets had led 92-72 in the fourth quarter, and 108-102 with 1:20 to play before coughing up the next seven straight points to fall behind. But they got the huge bucket from Porter on one end, and the stop from Powell on the other.
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