Since joining the Brooklyn Nets in December 2016, Spencer Dinwiddie has gained a reputation for being a late-game closer and a clutch shot maker. On Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons, he lived up to that reputation — times two.
Dinwiddie canned a deep 3-pointer with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime and then with 7.1 seconds remaining in overtime and the Nets trailing by two, Dinwiddie hit a step-back 3 from the wing over Andre Drummond to send Brooklyn to a 120-119 win.
At the other end, Dinwiddie got switched onto 6-foot-10 power forward Blake Griffin, who had scored 13 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and played perfect positional defense.