Joe Johnson’s 3-pointer at the buzzer lifted the Nets to a 105-104 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Brooklyn on Monday night.
Thaddeus Young scored 20 points, Markel Brown added a career-high 19, and Johnson finished with 12 points and 8 assists for the Nets.
Danilo Gallinari had 24 points for the Nuggets, and Kenneth Faried added 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Denver won a jump ball between Faried and the Nets’ Brook Lopez with 23 seconds remaining and the scored tied, 102-102. After the Nuggets called a timeout, Emmanuel Mudiay was fouled by Shane Larkin on a drive to the basket with 4.