Fansided · Mar 10, 2019
Brooklyn Nets: 3 takeaways from narrow escape from feisty Atlanta
The Brooklyn Nets squandered an 11-point lead, but did just enough down the stretch to escape with a 114-112 win over the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night.
The Brooklyn Nets coughed up a double-digit lead in the second half and missed a whopping 21 free throws Saturday night at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, but survived a potential game-winning 3-point attempt by former Net Vince Carter to beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-112.
The Nets (35-33) moved back into a virtual tie with the Detroit Pistons (33-31) in the Eastern Conference playoff race, trailing the sixth-place Pistons by mere percentage points in advance of their tiebreaker showdown Monday night at Barclays Center.