Jalen Wilson and Tyrese Martin scored 20 points per piece when the visiting Brooklyn Nets snapped a six-match losing line with a victory 115-112 over Washington Wizards on Saturday night.
Drew hour had a career pile of 19 points and Cameron Johnson had 18 points and nine returns for Brooklyn (24-51), which gathered from a 17-point deficit during the second quarter.
Keon Johnson matched his career high with five 3 points and got 15 points, and Noah Clowney added 13 points for Nets.
After Martin met a 3-pointer to give Nets a lead 111-107 with 1:00 left, the magicians moved 112-111 at Colby Jones’ Basket and Aj Johnson’s 3-pointer with 23 seconds left.
Brooklyn regained the lead at hour’s layout with 8.4 seconds left, and Wilson made two free throw after a Washington turnover. Nets sealed the victory after Jones missed a 3-point at the summer.
Johnson received 14 of his career-high 20 points during the fourth quarter for Washington (16-58), which has lost seven of his last eight matches. Jones also got 20, Jaylen Martin brought 13, Alex Sarr and Jordan Poole had 12, and Bub Carrington finished with 10.
Washington led 28-23 at the end of the first quarter after holding Nets to 29.6 percent shooting from the field.
The sorcerers extended their lead to 52-35 at Justin Champagnie’s Trey with 4:13 left during the second quarter. Brooklyn responded by three straight 3-points and lowered the deficit to 59-51 at half.
After Brooklyn took a lead of 63-61 at Martin’s can with 7:53 in the third quarter, Poole met on the 1,000th 3-pointer in his career on Wizard’s next possession.
Washington had an advantage of 85-82 at the end of the third period, but struggled to clear from Nets.
Brooklyn led 108-99 with 2:32 left before Jones covered an 8-0 driving with two free throw to reduce the lead to one with 1:16 left.
Hour played 29 minutes and shot 9-of-14 shooting with six returns and three assists in their second career game for Brooklyn, who shot 44.3 percent from the field and 39.1 percent (18 out of 46) from 3 points.
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