Brooklyn Nets: How Spencer Dinwiddie got his groove back

Spencer Dinwiddie put the Brooklyn Nets on his back late in regulation and carried them into overtime, but it was an earlier play that set up the explosion.

To be clear, Spencer Dinwiddie was not in a “slump.” Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson even said so, publicly, after apologizing to his sixth man for saying so following the Nets’ loss to the Toronto Raptors on Friday.

No, let’s describe Dinwiddie’s last nine games heading into Wednesday’s road clash with the Houston Rockets in Wall Street terms — he was in a marked downturn.

Over a nine-game stretch that began with Brooklyn’s road loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Dec. 28, Dinwiddie had averaged 10.9 points, 3.8 assists and 2.2 rebounds…