Brooklyn Nets: 3 takeaways from signature win in Houston

The Brooklyn Nets were 11 points down with 2:29 to go in regulation and 7 with 1:28 left in overtime, but took down a 145-142 win over the Houston Rockets.

Despite James Harden‘s season-high 58 points, despite the Houston Rockets attempting an NBA-record 70 3-pointers and despite facing a double-digit deficit in the final 2:29 of regulation on Wednesday, the Brooklyn Nets climbed back to the .500 mark with a scintillating 145-142 overtime win.

It was the highest-scoring game of the season for the Nets (23-23), topping the 144 points they scored against the Atlanta Hawks on Dec. 16 and is the most of the Brooklyn era. It’s the most points the Nets have scored since a 161-157 double-overtime…