Nets lose 129-127 to Hawks after Trae Younger buries buzzer-beating floater

It was nearly poetic.

Right here have been the Nets, who trailed by as many as 18 in Sunday’s loss to the Hawks in Atlanta, determining the best way to shut video games now that their superstars are gone — just for a famous person on the opposite finish to place the nail within the coffin.

After Cam Johnson nailed a 3 to tie the sport at 127 apiece, Hawks star Trae Younger drove the lane, pump faked and threw up a floater that left his fingers simply in time and swished via the online on the buzzer to raise the Hawks to a 129-127 victory in Atlanta.

Younger completed with a game-high 34 factors, and his co-star Dejounte Murray hit 4 threes for 28 factors.

Brooklyn’s effort was a welcome sight after Friday’s 44-point loss to the Chicago Bulls. The Nets answered one of the vital necessary questions that might outline their season: How will they generate offense with the sport on the road now that the celebs have aligned elsewhere?

Head coach Jacque Vaughn closed the sport along with his starters: Spencer Dinwiddie, Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith and Nic Claxton. The wheels began falling off within the fourth quarter earlier than the Nets received the automotive again on the street.

Dinwiddie turned the ball over on a drive to the rim in a miscommunication with Finney-Smith, who minimize to the rim when Dinwiddie threw the ball out to three-point vary.

The next possession, reserve guard Cam Thomas — who performed 29 minutes and completed with 22 factors — had a lob go intercepted in a half-court set.

And on the following possession, Bridges drove to the basket and missed an open layup.

It was the participant who saved them afloat all night time who hit the staff’s largest shot.

Johnson was one in all few gamers who caught rhythm early when the Nets dug themselves an 18-point gap. He completed with a team-high 27 factors on 10-of-15 capturing from the sector.

Dinwiddie completed with 20 factors and eight assists.

The Nets return to Barclays Middle on Tuesday to host the Milwaukee Bucks, who’ve been taking part in with out Giannis Antetokounmpo, out as a result of harm. Antetokounmpo’s standing for Tuesday is unclear, however the Bucks are nonetheless a tricky job in video games their MVP is off the ground.

The Nets have the seventh-toughest report in all of basketball and are clinging onto their playoff standing. The Hawks are the Japanese Convention’s eighth seed. The Nets may find yourself seeing Atlanta within the Play-In Match.