The Cavaliers beat Brooklyn on Thursday night and closed in on their first playoff berth since 2018 with a two-game sweep of the Nets.
— Isaac Okoro hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.7 seconds remaining and finished with 11 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Brooklyn 116-114 Thursday night and closed in on their first playoff berth since 2018 with a two-game sweep of the"It was a lot of pressure put into the shot, of course," Okoro said."You always feel good with a game-winner. For me, it was my first one.
Mikal Bridges scored 32 points, Spencer Dinwiddie had 25 points and 12 assists and Joe Harris hit five 3-pointers and finished with 15 points as the Nets lost their fifth straight game. "I thought we did a great job of getting some stops to put ourselves in that position," Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said."You miss the free throw, we had multiple opportunities at it, but guys didn't quit on the play, and we talk about winning 50-50 balls and winning the scrap."
"I felt like we deserved to win that game because we did a lot of good things throughout the course of the night," Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said."This is an opportunity for us to learn who we are."
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