The Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers met this afternoon for the last time this season in Barclays Center for a close contest that went down to the wire. But four-time MVP LeBron James had different plans.
With under a minute remaining, LeBron nailed a step-back three from way outside to effectively seal the game, putting Cleveland up eight with only 39.1 seconds remaining. The final score of 121-114 doesn’t provide enough credit to how close the game was in the last two minutes.
Cleveland ended up benefitting from the win in a couple of ways.