NBA Game Recap - Cleveland at Brooklyn
Wed Mar 6, 2019 7:30 PM EST

MIA
91
CHA
84
F
DAL
123
WAS
132
F
MIN
114
DET
131
F
CLE
107
BKN
113
F
SA
111
ATL
104
F
PHI
107
CHI
108
F
UTA
114
NO
104
F
NY
96
PHO
107
F
BOS
111
SAC
109
F
DEN
115
LAL
99
F

Mar 6, 2019, 7:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Cleveland

20

30

35

22

107

Brooklyn

31

24

25

33

113

Dinwiddie leads Nets in 4th as they beat Cavs 113-107
Wed Mar 6, 2019 11:20 PM

NEW YORK (AP) Locked in a tight game in the fourth quarter, the Brooklyn Nets needed answers quickly.

That meant Spencer Dinwiddie.

"He's a speed demon. He's a dragster out there," Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said.

Dinwiddie scored 12 of his 28 points in the final quarter and Brooklyn zipped by the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-107 on Wednesday night.

Atkinson has been encouraging Dinwiddie, who recently returned after missing 14 games with torn ligaments in his right thumb, to keep pushing the pace.

"It's hard to keep up with him and keep driving it to the rim," Atkinson said. "So he did those things and I thought it was a game changer for us."

D'Angelo Russell added 25 points for the Nets, who put things together in time after some sloppy play across the middle two quarters to win their second consecutive game and keep pace with Detroit for the No. 6 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference.

This one was far more difficult than their 127-88 rout of Dallas on Monday and nowhere near as wild as their 148-139 triple-overtime victory in Cleveland on Feb. 13. But the Nets needed it however they could get it, knowing they have just two more home games this month, with a seven-game trip sandwiched in between.

"We just tried to tighten up the screws," Dinwiddie said.

Kevin Love had 24 points and 16 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had won four of six since that loss to the Nets in the final game before the All-Star break. David Nwaba added a career-high 22 points.

Cleveland outscored Brooklyn 65-49 in the second and third quarters and took an 85-80 lead into the fourth. But Caris LeVert scored nine points in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the period and then Dinwiddie took over from there.

"We allowed them to speed us up a little bit," Cavs coach Larry Drew said.

After Cleveland cut it to 96-94, Dinwiddie scored, then threw a long lob pass that Rodions Kurucs dunked to make it 100-94. Joe Harris followed with a 3-pointer, then Dinwiddie ran off seven straight points to cap the Nets' 14-0 burst and make it 110-94 on his drive with 3:26 to play.

"We needed stops. Teams get going like that - any team in the league can get going - it's hard to stop the bleeding without getting stops," Russell said.

Brooklyn led 31-20 after one and pushed it to 37-22 with 9:45 remaining in the second when Russell was fouled shooting a 3 and made two of the free throws. But the Cavs charged back with a 22-7 run to knot it at 44, before the Nets regrouped a bit to bring a 55-50 advantage to the locker room.

Eight straight points by Love in the third turned Cleveland's six-point deficit into a 66-64 lead, and the Cavs went on to lead by eight in the quarter.

TIP-INS

Cavaliers: Collin Sexton made one 3-pointer to tie Kyrie Irving's record for most by a Cavs rookie. Irving hit 73 in 2011-12. ... Larry Nance Jr. had 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Nets: Russell finished right at his career average in nine games against the Cavs, his highest against any opponent. ... LeVert scored 14 points. ... Jarrett Allen had 15 points and 11 rebounds.

ON LEBRON

Drew said he was excited for LeBron James, who was set to pass Michael Jordan for fourth place on the NBA's career scoring list Wednesday night. James needed 13 points in the Lakers' game against Denver.

"You know Bron is a special player and I had an opportunity to coach him," Drew said. "I'm really excited and happy to say that having gone through my career I've had an opportunity to coach a lot of great players, including him. I think it's an absolutely phenomenal feat."

SUPER SUB

Dinwiddie's 14th 20-point game off the bench set a Nets single-season record. Darryl Dawkins, Purvis Short and Orlando Woolridge all had 13.

UP NEXT

Cavaliers: Visit the Miami Heat on Friday.

Nets: Visit the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.

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Leaders

Cleveland PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
K. Love 24 2 4 16 1 0
D. Nwaba 22 -3 1 1 1 0
Brooklyn PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
S. Dinwiddie 28 7 5 4 1 1
D. Russell 25 -4 5 4 3 0

Team Comparison

CLE BKN
Points For 107 113
Field Goals 35/87-40% 43/91-47%
Three Pointers 16/38-42% 12/33-36%
Free Throws 21/29-72% 15/26-58%
Offensive Rebounds 11 11
Defensive Rebounds 36 39
Rebounds 58 61
Blocks 3 7
Steals 7 5
Turnovers 17 14
Points Scored Off Turnovers 17 21
Points in the Paint 38 58
Fast Break Points 12 15
Personal Fouls 22 22
Technical Fouls 0 0
Flagrant Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2018-19 Reg Season - BKN Leads Series 3-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Wed Oct 24 BKN 102 @ CLE 86 D. Russell 18 C. Sexton 14
Mon Dec 3 CLE 99 @ BKN 97 J. Clarkson 20 D. Russell 30
Wed Feb 13 BKN 148 @ CLE 139 D. Russell 36 J. Clarkson 42
Wed Mar 6 CLE 107 @ BKN 113 K. Love 24 S. Dinwiddie 28

Game Information

Stadium: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Attendance: 14,177
Game Time: 2:18